rente

Other forms: rentes

Definitions of rente

1. noun

   income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments
   synonyms: annuity

   types:

   annuity in advance

   an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods

   ordinary annuity

   an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the end of equally spaced periods

   reversionary annuity, survivorship annuity

   an annuity payable to one person in the event that someone else is unable to receive it

   tontine

   an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant

   rent

   a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

   type of:

   regular payment

   a payment made at regular times