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Rente

Rente \Rente\ (r[aum]Nt), n. [F. See Rent income.] In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.

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rente

n. In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.

WordNet
rente

n. income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments; "his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity" [syn: annuity]

Usage examples of "rente".

Jehan, que notre fief de Tirechappe ne rapporte, en mettant en bloc le cens et les rentes des vingt-une maisons, que trente-neuf livres onze sous six deniers parisis.

Oure blissed lordes body they to-tere, Hem thoughte that Jewes rente hym noght ynough, And ech of hem at otheres synne lough.

But er that he hadde half his cours yseyled, Noot I nat why, ne what myschaunce it eyled, But casuelly the shippes botme rente, And ship and men under the water wente In sighte of othere shippes it bisyde, That with hem seyled at the same tyde.

For catel hadde they ynogh, and rente, And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente- And eles, certeyn, were they to blame!

This wydwe, of which I telle yow my tale, Syn thilke day that she was last a wyf, In pacience ladde a ful symple lyf, For litel was hir catel and hir rente.

For catel hadde they ynogh, and rente, And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assenteAnd eles, certeyn, were they to blame!

For me the safe, the prudent investment - les rentes, the consols, the - how do you call it?

Those which follow: lods, rentes, quint, requint belong to the taxes levied on real property.

Some of this stuff must have belonged to women in the Rentes or Thalia lines, Morgot’s mother's or sister's or even her grandmother's, and Morgot may want them someday.