rente (ront)

[ F.rente: see rent2.] Annual income; revenue; rent; interest; specifically, in the plural, rentes (or rentes sur l'état ), sums paid annually by a government as interest on public loans; hence, the bonds or stocks on which such interest is paid. renter1 (ren'tér), n. [ Pg. rendeiro ), a tenant, renter, The estate will not be let for one penny more or le to the renter , amongst whomsoever the rent he pays be diLocke. vided. 2. One who rents or hires anything. renter2 (ren'tėr), v . t . [Also ranter ; ren traire , sew together, re- , again, + en- , in, + traire , draw: see trace , tract , etc.] 1. In tap estry , to work new warp into in order to restore the original pattern or design. Hence-2. To fine draw; sew together, as the edges of two pieces of cloth, without doubling them, so that the seam is scarcely visible.