renters

plural of renter
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as in landlords
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another left our apartment keys at the renter's office just before leaving in the moving truck

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Recent Examples of renters According to the lawsuits, more than six months before the apartment’s one-year lease expired at the end of July 2025, Cathy and Salvatore gave the renters notice. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026 Investopedia calculates housing separately, using Census data on what single older renters, homeowners with mortgages, and homeowners without mortgages pay in each state. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Most renters want to own a home, but few expect to, as nearly three in four Americans say buying a home has become more difficult in the last five years, according to CNBC and SurveyMonkey findings. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 The homeownership decline has taken some of the steam out of the dog market, as homeowners are almost twice as likely as renters to own a dog, according to our data. — Robert Granader, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Spain’s government said that 26% of Spaniards who rent housing spend an average of 40% of their income on rent and utilities, compared with the European Union average of 18% of renters who do so. — Joseph Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026 Spain’s government on Friday lost two key votes to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis, while protesters marched on the parliament demanding help for renters. — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 That doesn’t mean renters have to settle for spaces that don’t feel like home. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Mamdani and Chow swapped notes on dealing with the constraints placed on them by their state and provincial governors, and on their respective battles over renters’ rights and the high costs of living in their cities. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for renters
Noun
  • The company will also be making a tenants’ club on the 61st floor, where Margaret Bourke-White briefly kept a studio in the 1930s and, glamorously if extralegally, insisted on living (with two pet alligators).
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The retailer will join University Park Village, the outdoor shopping mall with a mix of luxury and high-end tenants.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Southside United Housing Development Fund, known as Los Sures, was founded in 1972 as tenants organized to save buildings abandoned by landlords.
    — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • It’s named after India’s zamindars, the feudal landlords who held power as aristocrats for centuries.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Renters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renters. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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