rensemencement, n.m., (agri.) re-sowing.
rensemencer, v.a., (agri.) to sow again, to re-sow.
rentamer, v.a., to cut again, to begin again; to resume. — un discours; to resume a speech.
rentassé, -e, adj., thick-set.
rentasser, v.a., to heap up again.
rente, n.f., yearly income, revenue; rent, annuity; stock, funds; pension. — foncière; ground-rent. — viagère or à fonds perdu; life-annuity. Le taux de la —; the price of stocks. —s sur l’Etat; government-stock. La — hausse; the stocks are rising. Acheter des —s; to buy stock, to invest in the funds. Faire une — à; to allow a pension to, to make an allowance to. Vivre de ses —s; to do nothing; to be independent; to live on one’s income, to be a gentleman at large. Racheter une —; to redeem an annuity. Avoir des —s; to have an independent income; to have money invested. Il lui fait une —; he allows him, or her, a pension.
renté, -e, adj., who has an income; endowed (of public establishments). Bien —; rich, wealthy.
renter, v.a., to allow a yearly income to; to endow (public establishments).
renti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., stockholder, fund-holder, annuitant; independent gentleman; independent lady; gentleman at large.
rentoilage, n.m., new-lining, re-lining, re-canvassing. — d’un tableau; stretching a picture upon new cloth.