Rentee

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who rents (property, etc.) from somebody. rare

    "The land should, when procurable on such terms, be rented from the Zemindar, or the person to whom it has been let; and the rentee should engage to plough, and sow the land and reap the crop, […]"

Example

More examples

"The land should, when procurable on such terms, be rented from the Zemindar, or the person to whom it has been let; and the rentee should engage to plough, and sow the land and reap the crop, […]"

Etymology

From rent + -ee.

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