: 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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In most states prospective renters or buyers don't have a right to know how much flood insurance will cost.
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 12 July 2025
Now, many of those rental units sit empty, awaiting renters.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing RealPage, Inc. for alleged price-fixing practices impacting Kentucky renters.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2025
As an organizer with the Altadena Tenants Union who has been helping renters with their FEMA applications, Clark knows just how common her experience has been for fire survivors.
—Jeremy Lindenfeld, ProPublica, 9 July 2025
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 12 July 2025
Now, many of those rental units sit empty, awaiting renters.
—Molly Davis, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman is suing RealPage, Inc. for alleged price-fixing practices impacting Kentucky renters.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 July 2025
As an organizer with the Altadena Tenants Union who has been helping renters with their FEMA applications, Clark knows just how common her experience has been for fire survivors.
—Jeremy Lindenfeld, ProPublica, 9 July 2025
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 16 Jul. 2025.
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