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In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc.,, which represent government indebtedness.

One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.

One who renters.

One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism, n.

Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Kinship; parentage. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who is subjected to playing rack-rent.

A harmless lizard of the Gecko family (Platydactylus Mauritianicus) found in Southern Europe and adjacent countries, especially among old walls and ruins.

Same as Rouge et noir, under Rouge.

Having no parent, or no acknowledged parent. [R.]

One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter. I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. Sir W. Scott.

To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.

Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are esse…

A drawn game; specif. (Trente et quarante),

Capable of being rented, or suitable for renting.

Fit to be rented; in a condition suitable for a tenant. -- Ten"ant*a*ble*ness, n.

tment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented.