: 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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For renters, expect to pay around 18% of your monthly income.
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Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Statewide, about a third of people are renters.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
His body was found four days later by a realtor who was showing the house to prospective renters.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
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Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Statewide, about a third of people are renters.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
His body was found four days later by a realtor who was showing the house to prospective renters.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
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 1 May. 2026.
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