rentier
English translation: person of independent means
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| 5 +1 | Annuitant |
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| 4 +1 | rentier |
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| 4 +1 | person of independent means |
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| 4 | person with a private income |
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| 3 | pensioner |
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peer agreement (net): +1Annuitant Explanation: DEF – The person during whose life an annuity is payable, usually the person to receive the annuity. |
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peer agreement (net): +1rentier Explanation: same as English rentier (plural rentiers) 1. An individual who does not work for a living, but instead receives an income, usually interest, rent, dividends, or capital gains, from their assets and investments. Join the Rentier Class with MLPs -- Seeking Alpha One way is to become part of the rentier class. A rentier is a person who collects property income such as rents, incomes, or capital gains ... Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rentier Reference: http://seekingalpha.com/article/126094-join-the-rentier-clas... |
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peer agreement (net): +1person of independent means Explanation: The French Revolution: class war or culture clash? - Google Books Resultby T. C. W. Blanning - 1998 - History - 87 pages ... the term was often associated with a person of independent means, as opposed to an ... Albert Soboul found four (rentiers; the liberal professions; ... books.google.com/books?isbn=0312175213... RootsWeb: DENMARK-L Re: [DK] Danish occupation - partikulier?4 Nov 2005 ... It should be noted that most says that Particulier is the same as rentier. Rentier is translated to "person of independent means" - " ... archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DENMARK/2005-11/1131094024 - 8k - Cached - Similar pages rentista - WordReference Forums14 posts - 9 authors - Last post: 14 Feb 2008 A person of independent means. It is close to the French rentier ... Hola Flor: he encontrado rentista como= Rentier y como annuitant, ... forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=105706 - 78k - Cached - Similar pages Jean Brecher Marie Decker family records civil - Brecher - Family ...Marie Josephine Brecher daughter Nicolas Brecher 39 distillateur and Suzanne Losson 39 witnesses : Jean Losson 73 person of independent means(rentier) Jean ... boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/surnames.brecher/40/mb.ashx - 117k - Cached - Similar pages ISTG - SS AmeriqueA rentier is a person of independent means I or enf refers to a young child. Non before the class means that they did not die during the voyage. ... www.immigrantships.net/1800/amerique790301.html - 40k - Cached - Similar pages |
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pensioner Explanation: Another possibility. |
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person with a private income Explanation: As your source indeed indicates, the French "rentier" goes back quite a while. At that time, discretion being the better part of valour, money, politics, sex, were talked about less freely and much of the vocabulary surrounding social life at the time of course reflects that. In fact, in English, there is no one worder for the French "rentier". It is common to use a short descriptive phrase : a person with (a) private income. It is best to avoid "pensioner" as that has the immediate contemporary image and meaning of a person who is over a given age and receiving money from a pension fund, state pension, whatever. You can be a "rentier" at the tender age of 20, but probably not quite be eligible for a state pension ! http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/anglais-definitions/private ... Collins : private income n an income from sources other than employment, such as investment, (Also called) private means "Rentier" (Petit Robert 2009) : avoir des revenus suffisants pour vivre sans travailler -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2009-05-29 09:51:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- When I say there is no one-worder, the word "annuitant" is not used in ordinary everyday English. Your context may enable you to employ this term. |
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