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Iran, by contrast, has a rentier economy more akin to that of Russia.
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Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The rentier is at the heart of today’s perverse system.
—David Sogge, Time, 5 Apr. 2025
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
New research for this exhibition revealed Gallo to be, in fact, the son of a banker, who also studied law and lived as a rentier like Caillebotte.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The rentier reported higher revenue last quarter, up 7% from last year to $2.2 billion.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
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Karim Sadjadpour, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2025
Having secured both monopolies and monopsonies, tech companies behave more like rapacious rentiers than proper capitalists.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The rentier is at the heart of today’s perverse system.
—David Sogge, Time, 5 Apr. 2025
Swiss zoologists, botanists, engineers, priests and nuns from missionary societies, merchants and rentier businesspeople, warlords and mercenaries ventured out to participate in plunder and looting as adjuncts or sidekicks of the stronger world powers and financiers.
—Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
New research for this exhibition revealed Gallo to be, in fact, the son of a banker, who also studied law and lived as a rentier like Caillebotte.
—Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The rentier reported higher revenue last quarter, up 7% from last year to $2.2 billion.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Rentier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rentier. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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rentier
noun
ren·tier
rän-ˈtyā, ˈrän-ˌtyā 
: a person who lives on income from property or securities
Etymology
French, from rente income from a property, rent
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