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as in tenant
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
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as in landlord
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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Recent Examples of renter
While not hidden per se, renters can be surprised by post-trip fees, which owners may assess upon the RV’s return.
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
That could cause rents to tick up and the perks that many renters have grown accustomed to—like free parking—to disappear.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Marco Contreras, a Chicago landlord, and his wife, Denise Contreras, were ordered to pay more than $80,000 in damages as well as attorneys' fees and costs for violating a state law that bars renters from threatening to report tenants' immigration status to intimidate them.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The price drop still isn’t steep enough to persuade many renters to buy their first home, however, said Mike Frank, a Sacramento mortgage lender.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
That could cause rents to tick up and the perks that many renters have grown accustomed to—like free parking—to disappear.
—William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Marco Contreras, a Chicago landlord, and his wife, Denise Contreras, were ordered to pay more than $80,000 in damages as well as attorneys' fees and costs for violating a state law that bars renters from threatening to report tenants' immigration status to intimidate them.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
The price drop still isn’t steep enough to persuade many renters to buy their first home, however, said Mike Frank, a Sacramento mortgage lender.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renter. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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