: one that rents
specifically
: the lessee or tenant of property
Examples of renter in a Sentence
one of the renters called to tell us the hot water heater was broken
left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck
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Companies made students wash blood and feces from pig pens and ordered them to pressure renters into signing leases in run-down apartment buildings, all under the guise of cultural exchange.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Among those who were renters, almost 75% still don't have permanent housing.
—Pat Harvey, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
If renters stayed for years and years, that might have been due to their atypically generous landlords.
—Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
Their proposal includes a $1,000 rebate for homeowners and a $500 rebate for renters for two years and a freeze on seniors' property taxes.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Among those who were renters, almost 75% still don't have permanent housing.
—Pat Harvey, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
If renters stayed for years and years, that might have been due to their atypically generous landlords.
—Will Ellis, Curbed, 6 Jan. 2026
Their proposal includes a $1,000 rebate for homeowners and a $500 rebate for renters for two years and a freeze on seniors' property taxes.
—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for renter
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renter. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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