rentern.¹

Brit.

/ˈrɛntə/, U.S.

/ˈrɛn(t)ər/

Forms: Middle English– renter; also Scottish pre-1700 rentar, pre-1700 rentour.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rent n.¹, -er suffix²; rent v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < rent n.¹ + -er suffix², and partly < rent v.² + -er suffix¹, probably originally after Anglo-Norman renter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rentier (French rentier ) person who pays rent (early 13th cent. in Old French), person who collects rents (early 13th cent.), cleric in receipt of annuity from rent of land (mid 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), proprietor, person who farms out land to another person (late 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), person who is entitled to rents (1356). Compare post-classical Latin rentarius (masculine) rent-collector (frequently from 1270 in British sources), rent-payer (1338 in a British source), rentaria (feminine) property upon which rent is payable or which yields rent (1461, 1553 in British sources). Compare rentier n.Apparently attested earlier as a surname, although it is unclear whether the following examples reflect currency of the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word: Ricardum le Renter (1285), Gilb. le Renter (1319), Barth. le Renter (1344).

†1. A person who owns or lets lands, buildings, etc.; a landlord. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > landlord

landlorda1000

rentera1400

tenement mana1500

omee1859

a1400 Mirror (Hunterian 250) (2003) Prol. 21 And þerfor, leneþ & ȝeueþ wiþ god wille, for God is a gode renter.

1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii He is the riallest roy reuerend and rike Of all the rentaris to ryme or rekin on raw.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiii Some of hem token money for thy chambre, and putte tho pens in his purse vnwetynge of the renter.

†a. A house or other dwelling which is rented out. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1429 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1904) 15 149 (MED) Ye munday..we leddyn sond and marle al day to here renteris in Holme strete.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 489 Tenement, or rentere, tenementum.

1464 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) 230/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 I wyll that Amy Blake my sustyr shall haue fre dwellyng terrme of hyr lyf in sum renter of myn.

1559 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 119 To Joan..my renters with Burds garden in the Pond Street.

b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Something (such as a car or video) that is rented or hired out. Cf. rental n. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] > rentable article

rental1950

renter1979

1979 ‘L. Egan’ Hunters & Hunted x. 176 ‘New car?’.. ‘No, I'll have to get one. This is a renter.’

1986 Video Today Apr. 49/2 There is also a best of category selection and a chart of the year's best renters.

1986 R. Ford Sportswriter v. 129 We would end up..driving out in my renter to some little suburban foot-lit lanai apartment.

2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 106 The glare of lights obscured its driver and Jim turned from the step and watched Georgie park the renter.

a. A person who pays rent for land, a house, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant

kindly tenanta1325

tenant1377

mailer1392

farmer1414

renter1444

takerc1450

fee-farmer1468

lessee1495

mail-man?a1500

tacksman1533

land-tenant1543

rentaller1553

fermerera1572

tenementer1574

mail-payer1597

inholdera1599

feu-farmer1609

leaseholder1858

leaser1877

1444 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 25 May in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rentour The commite consentit that na fre man suld set hous to rentouris.

1655 Boston (U.S.) Rec. (1877) II. 125 A considerable part of the rent due..is nott brought in by the renters of the land according to the contract with the towne.

1766 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) 1 96 A renter but of between four and five hundred acres of land.

1794 W. Moore Ramble through Holland, France & Italy (ed. 2) II. vii. 84 Grand duke of Tuscany, how whimsical is fortune! thou mightest have been the humble renter of this dreary dwelling; and I, the proudest despot that e'er swayed an empire.

1831 Act 1 & 2 Will. IV c. 38 §16 The renters of pews in such church or chapel.

1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 244/1 The renter of a private wire has the..apparatus entirely under his own control.

1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 July 4/8 The New Jersey Supreme Court broadened the rights of renters yesterday by ruling tenants can get their money back if landlords fail to provide liveable quarters.

1997 Calif. Lawyer July (insert facing) 9 Renter must meet Avis age, driver and credit requirements.

b. spec. A tenant farmer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > tenant farmer

farmerc1430

fee-farmer1468

renter1593

raiyat1625

farm holder1681

sky farmer1763

métayer1776

gebur1861

mezzadro1882

bywoner1886

1593 T. Kelway tr. A. Ferrier Learned Astron. Disc. Natiuities ii. i. f. 30^v Principall Meaters, Renters, and labourers honourable [Fr. rentiers, principaux metayers, & laboureurs honnorables].

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 334 When a Renter [he] impoverished himself, and never inriched his Landlord.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry Pref. p. vi Can we suppose that an English Renter should have more Honour in that Respect than his Roman Holiness..?

1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. VI. 313 Substantial renters, opulent merchants..could not easily be suspected of riot in open day.

1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 51 The joyful glee of farming with negro renters ‘on the shares’.

1938 Mississippi (Fed. Writers' Project) 104 Renters, who hire land for a fixed amount to be paid either in crop values or in cash.

1970 J. Blackburn Land of Promise viii. 119 He was on his way to see a renter on one of his farms south of town.

1992 I. Berlin et al. War for Union in Free at Last 385 A farmer or farm laborer addressed a courteous protest to a neighbor who had introduced a black settler into the area, possibly as a renter or hired hand.

4. A person who collects rents (esp. those belonging to a corporate body), taxes, or tribute. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector

catchpoleOE

publicanc1175

tallagerc1400

leviera1513

vectigal1535

renter?1536

task-gatherer1552

exactor1570

uptaker1576

exacter1596

mise-gatherer1597

taxer1603

tax-taker1610

raiser1611

summonitor1617

summonisterc1625

riding officer1675

zamindar1683

tax-gatherer1693

desai1698

amildar1761

amil1763

collector1772

tax-master1796

tehsildar1799

taxman1803

tax-receiver1830

tax-collector1833

the taxes1874

revenuer1877

revenue1880

levyist1923

T-man1938

?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. C.iii^v Bayllyfs, stuardes, caters, and renters Pay maysters, credytours, and receyuers That beneclygent to make rekenyngs Delyueryng and trustyng without wrytyngs.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 108 We will..that our speciall renter of our foresaid realmes..paye by yere a thousand marke of siluer.

a1681 G. Wharton Disc. Years in Wks. (1683) 85 The Renter of the Tribute, or Customs, or other publick things.

1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Eviii^v The Renters Charge..is Quarterly to Collect and gather..all these Rents that shalbe contayned in a Rentall.

1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 721 The sieur Massonet, renter of the abbey of St. Antony..in Viennois, has a son.

1905 Athenæum 17 June 751/1 As ‘Renter’ for collecting the rents of the lands, he remained a resident within the hospital precincts.

†5. A person who pays a fixed sum in return for the right to collect tolls or taxes; a tax farmer or toll farmer. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector > farmer of revenue

farmera1325

renter1588

financier1595

undertaker1602

financer1604

farmer general1608

under-farmera1751

1588 in T. S. Willan Stud. Elizabethan Foreign Trade (1959) 259 [It was still necessary..to bribe] the Alkayde, the Talbyes and Renters.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A hucster, a retailer, a renter.., a farmer of any thing.

1663 J. D. tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Hist. Henry IV iii. 216 There were some persons in the Kings Council, who held part with the Renters and Farmers, and who caused them to be adjudged to the Council at a low price, and often made be given great Diminutions.

1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 496 Frauds in the management of the Amuldar or renter.

1798 Monthly Mag. 6 395 Mr. Rogers, renter of the bridge-tolls [at Worcester].

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vi. 231 Like other renters of India, [he] had..an inclination to withhold..the sum which he engaged to pay out of the taxes [etc.].

6. A shareholder in a theatre. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > holder of stocks or shares > in a theatre

renter1707

1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly i. 15 The Painters, the Printers, the Chandlers, the Singers, the Fiddlers, the Dancers, the Renters, the Door-keepers, Poundage and Patentees share it [sc. the money] among 'em.

1733 Impartial State of Dispute between Patent & Players 5/1 No farther Proposals can be receiv'd from them [sc. the Comedians], till they shall deliver up to us, the Patentees, any Engagement, which they already may have enter'd into, or any Articles or Agreement for, or in Respect of a Lease between them, and the Renters.

c1790 R. B. Sheridan Let. (1966) I. 216 The Sum was raised by Renters Shares and left as a Charge on the Theatre Amounting to £560 Per Annum when sold.

1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 251 The renters who had subscribed to the building of a large theatre in the park of New York.

1893 Daily News 30 Jan. 2/1 The ‘Renters’ of Drury Lane Theatre are rejoicing over a dividend for the past year of 12l. 1s. per share.

1909 W. Sichel Sheridan II. xi. 273 Even as matters then stood Sheridan's Drury Lane income..amounted to over £5,000, and apart from his ‘renter’ shares, the capital value of his own boxes reached the sum of over £60,000.

1930 J. Graham Old Stock-Actor's Mem. xx. 290 We are all ‘renters’ of the Theatre Royal.

7. slang. A male prostitute. Now somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute

sellary1598

spintry1598

varlet1609

whore1609

prostitute1761

renter1893

trade1919

pimp1942

call boy1943

rent1967

rent boy1969

tart1976

1893 O. Wilde Let. Mar. (1962) 336 I would sooner be blackmailed by every renter in London, than have you bitter, unjust, hating.

1895 M. Beerbohm Let. 3 May (1964) 103 It was horrible leaving the court day after day and having to pass through a knot of renters.

1970 K. Williams Diary 19 Feb. (1993) 368 Several advances were made by the renters and it was all happening.

1972 D. Sutton Lett. R. Fry I. 5 In many cases ‘affairs’ were more idealistic than that practised by the ‘renters’ of Piccadilly.

8. A distributor of films to cinemas. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [noun] > distributor of films

renter1908

1908 Variety 16 May 11 There are other and larger questions pressing the attention of the exhibitor, renter and manufacturer.

1911 D. S. Hulfish Cycl. Motion-pict. Work II. 112 The film industry is definitely separated into three branches: manufacturer, renter, and exhibitor. The renter owns the picture films.

1927 Melody Maker Aug. 820/2 The renters could render far more assistance..if they would take more interest in the showing of their films at every cinema where they are booked.

1940 Economist 13 July 43/1 To ensure that a minimum number of films are made, renters must produce or acquire one British film.

1957 Times 23 Oct. 4/6 Messrs. John Davis and J. G. Minter (representing makers of British films) and Mr. Charles Goldsmith (representing renters).

Compounds

attributive or appositive (in sense 4).

ΚΠ

1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes sig. Fij^v To the Renterclerk..x.l.

1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 11 A Bucke at the Renter Wardens feast.

1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. iii. 656 Auditors of the Renter-Accompt.

1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 143 That each subscriber pay twenty-five shillings for each thousand pounds by him subscribed, to the renter warden, to defray the charges.

1903 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 6/7 Mr. Ashby, formerly renter warden of the Armourers and Braziers' Company.

1980 D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise xii. 369 He attended the Fishmongers' meetings regularly, and..accepted the position of Renter Warden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	renter
释义	rentern.¹ Brit. /ˈrɛntə/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ər/ Forms: Middle English– renter; also Scottish pre-1700 rentar, pre-1700 rentour. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: rent n.¹, -er suffix²; rent v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < rent n.¹ + -er suffix², and partly < rent v.² + -er suffix¹, probably originally after Anglo-Norman renter, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rentier (French rentier ) person who pays rent (early 13th cent. in Old French), person who collects rents (early 13th cent.), cleric in receipt of annuity from rent of land (mid 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), proprietor, person who farms out land to another person (late 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), person who is entitled to rents (1356). Compare post-classical Latin rentarius (masculine) rent-collector (frequently from 1270 in British sources), rent-payer (1338 in a British source), rentaria (feminine) property upon which rent is payable or which yields rent (1461, 1553 in British sources). Compare rentier n.Apparently attested earlier as a surname, although it is unclear whether the following examples reflect currency of the Middle English or Anglo-Norman word: Ricardum le Renter (1285), Gilb. le Renter (1319), Barth. le Renter (1344). †1. A person who owns or lets lands, buildings, etc.; a landlord. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > landlord landlorda1000 rentera1400 tenement mana1500 omee1859 a1400 Mirror (Hunterian 250) (2003) Prol. 21 And þerfor, leneþ & ȝeueþ wiþ god wille, for God is a gode renter. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. bii He is the riallest roy reuerend and rike Of all the rentaris to ryme or rekin on raw. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxiii Some of hem token money for thy chambre, and putte tho pens in his purse vnwetynge of the renter. 2. †a. A house or other dwelling which is rented out. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1429 in Norfolk Archaeol. (1904) 15 149 (MED) Ye munday..we leddyn sond and marle al day to here renteris in Holme strete. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 489 Tenement, or rentere, tenementum. 1464 in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1883) 230/1 in Parl. Papers (C. 3773) XXXVII. 1 I wyll that Amy Blake my sustyr shall haue fre dwellyng terrme of hyr lyf in sum renter of myn. 1559 in F. G. Emmison Essex Wills (1993) (modernized text) VIII. 119 To Joan..my renters with Burds garden in the Pond Street. b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). Something (such as a car or video) that is rented or hired out. Cf. rental n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > hiring or renting > [noun] > rentable article rental1950 renter1979 1979 ‘L. Egan’ Hunters & Hunted x. 176 ‘New car?’.. ‘No, I'll have to get one. This is a renter.’ 1986 Video Today Apr. 49/2 There is also a best of category selection and a chart of the year's best renters. 1986 R. Ford Sportswriter v. 129 We would end up..driving out in my renter to some little suburban foot-lit lanai apartment. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 106 The glare of lights obscured its driver and Jim turned from the step and watched Georgie park the renter. 3. a. A person who pays rent for land, a house, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant kindly tenanta1325 tenant1377 mailer1392 farmer1414 renter1444 takerc1450 fee-farmer1468 lessee1495 mail-man?a1500 tacksman1533 land-tenant1543 rentaller1553 fermerera1572 tenementer1574 mail-payer1597 inholdera1599 feu-farmer1609 leaseholder1858 leaser1877 1444 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 25 May in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rentour The commite consentit that na fre man suld set hous to rentouris. 1655 Boston (U.S.) Rec. (1877) II. 125 A considerable part of the rent due..is nott brought in by the renters of the land according to the contract with the towne. 1766 Museum Rusticum (ed. 2) 1 96 A renter but of between four and five hundred acres of land. 1794 W. Moore Ramble through Holland, France & Italy (ed. 2) II. vii. 84 Grand duke of Tuscany, how whimsical is fortune! thou mightest have been the humble renter of this dreary dwelling; and I, the proudest despot that e'er swayed an empire. 1831 Act 1 & 2 Will. IV c. 38 §16 The renters of pews in such church or chapel. 1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 244/1 The renter of a private wire has the..apparatus entirely under his own control. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 July 4/8 The New Jersey Supreme Court broadened the rights of renters yesterday by ruling tenants can get their money back if landlords fail to provide liveable quarters. 1997 Calif. Lawyer July (insert facing) 9 Renter must meet Avis age, driver and credit requirements. b. spec. A tenant farmer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > tenant farmer farmerc1430 fee-farmer1468 renter1593 raiyat1625 farm holder1681 sky farmer1763 métayer1776 gebur1861 mezzadro1882 bywoner1886 1593 T. Kelway tr. A. Ferrier Learned Astron. Disc. Natiuities ii. i. f. 30^v Principall Meaters, Renters, and labourers honourable [Fr. rentiers, principaux metayers, & laboureurs honnorables]. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 334 When a Renter [he] impoverished himself, and never inriched his Landlord. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry Pref. p. vi Can we suppose that an English Renter should have more Honour in that Respect than his Roman Holiness..? 1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. VI. 313 Substantial renters, opulent merchants..could not easily be suspected of riot in open day. 1882 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox Sketches from Texas Siftings 51 The joyful glee of farming with negro renters ‘on the shares’. 1938 Mississippi (Fed. Writers' Project) 104 Renters, who hire land for a fixed amount to be paid either in crop values or in cash. 1970 J. Blackburn Land of Promise viii. 119 He was on his way to see a renter on one of his farms south of town. 1992 I. Berlin et al. War for Union in Free at Last 385 A farmer or farm laborer addressed a courteous protest to a neighbor who had introduced a black settler into the area, possibly as a renter or hired hand. 4. A person who collects rents (esp. those belonging to a corporate body), taxes, or tribute. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector catchpoleOE publicanc1175 tallagerc1400 leviera1513 vectigal1535 renter?1536 task-gatherer1552 exactor1570 uptaker1576 exacter1596 mise-gatherer1597 taxer1603 tax-taker1610 raiser1611 summonitor1617 summonisterc1625 riding officer1675 zamindar1683 tax-gatherer1693 desai1698 amildar1761 amil1763 collector1772 tax-master1796 tehsildar1799 taxman1803 tax-receiver1830 tax-collector1833 the taxes1874 revenuer1877 revenue1880 levyist1923 T-man1938 ?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. C.iii^v Bayllyfs, stuardes, caters, and renters Pay maysters, credytours, and receyuers That beneclygent to make rekenyngs Delyueryng and trustyng without wrytyngs. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 108 We will..that our speciall renter of our foresaid realmes..paye by yere a thousand marke of siluer. a1681 G. Wharton Disc. Years in Wks. (1683) 85 The Renter of the Tribute, or Customs, or other publick things. 1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Eviii^v The Renters Charge..is Quarterly to Collect and gather..all these Rents that shalbe contayned in a Rentall. 1763 Ann. Reg. 1762 721 The sieur Massonet, renter of the abbey of St. Antony..in Viennois, has a son. 1905 Athenæum 17 June 751/1 As ‘Renter’ for collecting the rents of the lands, he remained a resident within the hospital precincts. †5. A person who pays a fixed sum in return for the right to collect tolls or taxes; a tax farmer or toll farmer. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector > farmer of revenue farmera1325 renter1588 financier1595 undertaker1602 financer1604 farmer general1608 under-farmera1751 1588 in T. S. Willan Stud. Elizabethan Foreign Trade (1959) 259 [It was still necessary..to bribe] the Alkayde, the Talbyes and Renters. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A hucster, a retailer, a renter.., a farmer of any thing. 1663 J. D. tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Hist. Henry IV iii. 216 There were some persons in the Kings Council, who held part with the Renters and Farmers, and who caused them to be adjudged to the Council at a low price, and often made be given great Diminutions. 1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 496 Frauds in the management of the Amuldar or renter. 1798 Monthly Mag. 6 395 Mr. Rogers, renter of the bridge-tolls [at Worcester]. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vi. 231 Like other renters of India, [he] had..an inclination to withhold..the sum which he engaged to pay out of the taxes [etc.]. 6. A shareholder in a theatre. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > holder of stocks or shares > in a theatre renter1707 1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly i. 15 The Painters, the Printers, the Chandlers, the Singers, the Fiddlers, the Dancers, the Renters, the Door-keepers, Poundage and Patentees share it [sc. the money] among 'em. 1733 Impartial State of Dispute between Patent & Players 5/1 No farther Proposals can be receiv'd from them [sc. the Comedians], till they shall deliver up to us, the Patentees, any Engagement, which they already may have enter'd into, or any Articles or Agreement for, or in Respect of a Lease between them, and the Renters. c1790 R. B. Sheridan Let. (1966) I. 216 The Sum was raised by Renters Shares and left as a Charge on the Theatre Amounting to £560 Per Annum when sold. 1807 C. W. Janson Stranger in Amer. 251 The renters who had subscribed to the building of a large theatre in the park of New York. 1893 Daily News 30 Jan. 2/1 The ‘Renters’ of Drury Lane Theatre are rejoicing over a dividend for the past year of 12l. 1s. per share. 1909 W. Sichel Sheridan II. xi. 273 Even as matters then stood Sheridan's Drury Lane income..amounted to over £5,000, and apart from his ‘renter’ shares, the capital value of his own boxes reached the sum of over £60,000. 1930 J. Graham Old Stock-Actor's Mem. xx. 290 We are all ‘renters’ of the Theatre Royal. 7. slang. A male prostitute. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > male prostitute sellary1598 spintry1598 varlet1609 whore1609 prostitute1761 renter1893 trade1919 pimp1942 call boy1943 rent1967 rent boy1969 tart1976 1893 O. Wilde Let. Mar. (1962) 336 I would sooner be blackmailed by every renter in London, than have you bitter, unjust, hating. 1895 M. Beerbohm Let. 3 May (1964) 103 It was horrible leaving the court day after day and having to pass through a knot of renters. 1970 K. Williams Diary 19 Feb. (1993) 368 Several advances were made by the renters and it was all happening. 1972 D. Sutton Lett. R. Fry I. 5 In many cases ‘affairs’ were more idealistic than that practised by the ‘renters’ of Piccadilly. 8. A distributor of films to cinemas. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [noun] > distributor of films renter1908 1908 Variety 16 May 11 There are other and larger questions pressing the attention of the exhibitor, renter and manufacturer. 1911 D. S. Hulfish Cycl. Motion-pict. Work II. 112 The film industry is definitely separated into three branches: manufacturer, renter, and exhibitor. The renter owns the picture films. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 820/2 The renters could render far more assistance..if they would take more interest in the showing of their films at every cinema where they are booked. 1940 Economist 13 July 43/1 To ensure that a minimum number of films are made, renters must produce or acquire one British film. 1957 Times 23 Oct. 4/6 Messrs. John Davis and J. G. Minter (representing makers of British films) and Mr. Charles Goldsmith (representing renters). Compounds attributive or appositive (in sense 4). ΚΠ 1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes sig. Fij^v To the Renterclerk..x.l. 1631 T. Powell Tom of All Trades 11 A Bucke at the Renter Wardens feast. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) ii. iii. 656 Auditors of the Renter-Accompt. 1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 143 That each subscriber pay twenty-five shillings for each thousand pounds by him subscribed, to the renter warden, to defray the charges. 1903 Daily Chron. 20 Jan. 6/7 Mr. Ashby, formerly renter warden of the Armourers and Braziers' Company. 1980 D. Newsome On Edge of Paradise xii. 369 He attended the Fishmongers' meetings regularly, and..accepted the position of Renter Warden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rentern.² Brit. /ˈrɛntə/, U.S. /ˈrɛn(t)ər/, Caribbean English /ˈrɛnta/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rent v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < rent v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare later render n.² Now Jamaican (rare). A person who or thing which rends or tears something. Chiefly figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [noun] > one who or that which tears rentera1540 render?1575 ripper1611 tearer1633 abscissor1647 a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 354/1 You may conclude that you bee..vnlearned stockes, peruerters, tearers, renters, of holy scripture. 1553 J. Bradford Serm. Repentaunce To Rdr. sig. A.iij Oh you morners & cryers out: ye renters of clothes, why mourne you? 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 196 I was resolved not to engage with a renter of the Church. 1738 W. Wilson Def. Reform. Princ. Church Scotl. (1769) Pref. 6 Are they therefore schismatics, renters and ruiners of the Church? 1784 J. Brown Compend. Hist. Brit. Churches II. 252 The public resolutioners persecuted them with manifold reproaches, as ruiners of their king and country,..as renters of the church. 1953 Caribbean Q. 3 i. 10 One kind of yam is called renter because it rents (that is, rends) a hole for itself; other yams require that the earth be thoroughly loosened for them, but with the renter you just tease up the surface and it does the rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † renterv. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: ranter v. Etymology: Variant of ranter v., after its etymon French rentraire.In sense 2 after French rentraire (1690 in this spec. sense). Needlework. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To sew together (two pieces of cloth) with fine stitching so that the join is barely perceptible. Cf. rentering n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > sew > sew together > finely or invisibly fine-draw1665 renter1699 ranter?1796 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. at Rentraire To renter, or fine-draw. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To renter, to sow Cloth after a particular manner, to fine-draw. 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 493/1 Lederne Beinkleider laschen, to renter or fine-draw Leather-Breeches. 2. transitive. To work (new warp) into a piece of damaged tapestry in order to repair the pattern. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rentering To renter in Tapistry, is to work new Warp into a piece of Tapistry damaged..and on this Warp to restore the antient Pattern, or Design. Derivatives renterer n. a person who repairs a damaged tapestry by working a piece of new warp into it. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Rentering The Dexterity of our own Renterers is such, as puts them in a Condition to defraud the King. 1798 Encycl. (Amer. ed.) XVI. 81/1 Among the titles of the French tapestry makers is included that of renterers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.¹a1400n.²a1540v.1699
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