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  1. What is difference between renter, tenant and rentee?

    Nov 3, 2015 · A renter is a person who pays rent in order to use something that to belongs to someone else, whether it be a house, room or even a car. But a tenant can be a renter, free occupier or a …

  2. Can "rentee" be used to refer to one who rents an item?

    Aug 3, 2015 · A "renter" who would be someone who rents something, and a "rentee" would be someone who is rented. But we don't normally rent people -- unless you're talking about charging for …

  3. What is the name for a person who rents equipment to others

    Aug 26, 2016 · I need a word or two-word phrase for someone who rents their equipment to others. For example: if person A wants to rent a boat from person B, A is a renter but what is B called?

  4. punctuation - Use of Single Quotation Marks Before Period/Comma ...

    Jun 7, 2022 · Single quotation marks follow the double quotation mark rules when the single quotation marks signify a quote taken directly from a person. But single quotation marks can also refer to …

  5. How to avoid ambiguity in "I am renting an apartment in New York"?

    As a renter I usually think of the tenant as renting, but the dictionaries seem to disagree with me as to primary use. If you are the landlord, you could say I am renting out an apartment in New York. I have …

  6. Word for future income that will no longer come

    Dec 11, 2017 · It depends whether your renter will be in default of the contract, or if the two of you have just been extending an expired contract month by month. If it's just a matter of hopes and dreams …

  7. british english - Hyphenation of parameter (s) - English Language ...

    I find this surprising because, while "-er" is a common suffix that indeed would be broken like that in a word like, say, "renter" or "employer", I thought that here that was simply a coincidence.

  8. word choice - Usage of and equivalents of Sir - English Language ...

    Employer/employee, teacher/student, landlord/renter relationships are all contexts where politeness may suggest "respectful" forms of address in a someone one sided manner.

  9. What's the difference between "rent" and "hire" in British and American ...

    It sounds as though this is a difference between American and British English. Or, more precisely, someone should confirm that this is a difference in American and British English, because if it is so, …

  10. single word requests - Term for a doorway without a door - English ...

    Apr 11, 2016 · For instance, if you were describing an apartment to a prospective renter, they might be interested to know whether or not there are doors on the doorway; calling it a doorway does leave …