‖ rente
(rɑ̃t)
[Fr.]
Stock, esp. government stock; the interest or income accruing from such stock. Cf. rent n.1 3 b.
| 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country iii. 185 Lying stretched on straw, The produce of your miserable rente! 1920 J. Galsworthy In Chancery iii. ix. 283 She had, he knew, but one ambition—to live on her ‘rentes’ in Paris. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness v. 116 There were substantial dividends from capital invested in French rentes. 1927 Financial Times 13 July 5/5 French Banks and Rentes hardened, recovering the ground lost recently. 1931 S. Jameson Richer Dust xvii. 495, I must find a job... I can't just live on my rentes. |