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Definition of Rentiers
1. rentier [n] - See also: rentier
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rentiers
Literary usage of Rentiers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Court of the Tuileries: From the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1884)
"Feting the Hero—Clinging to Life—A Last Speech in the Chambers—The Cause of
Misfortune—The Blessing of the rentiers —'Tell him I turn him out! ..."
2. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1853)
"... it may be convenient for him to carry out the intention now openly proclaimed
by his subordinates, and extend the /rentiers of his Empire to the Rhine. ..."
3. Mute Magazine (2007)
"rentiers affect the struggle between capitalists and workers in complex and ...
In Britain, for example, the rentiers sided with the capitalists for the ..."
4. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1885)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the
rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."
5. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1904)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the
rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."
6. The National System of Political Economy by Friedrich List (1916)
"... they are to be regarded in a great measure as mere domestic servants of the
rentiers and public employes. In contrast to great luxury in those towns, ..."
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