: 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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Roughly four in 10 renters in Los Angeles County live in fear of becoming homeless, according to a recent study from UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
That protection, supporters say, will insulate renters from discriminatory or retaliatory nonrenewals from landlords, who may want to rid themselves of a tenant who complained about an apartment’s condition.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
That protection, supporters say, will insulate renters from discriminatory or retaliatory nonrenewals from landlords, who may want to rid themselves of a tenant who complained about an apartment’s condition.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Renter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renter. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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