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  1. What is difference between renter, tenant and rentee?

    Nov 3, 2015 · A renter is a person who pays rent in order to use something that to belongs to someone else, whether it be a house, room or even a car. But a tenant can be a renter, free …

  2. Can "rentee" be used to refer to one who rents an item?

    Aug 3, 2015 · A "renter" who would be someone who rents something, and a "rentee" would be someone who is rented. But we don't normally rent people -- unless you're talking about …

  3. What is the name for a person who rents equipment to others

    Aug 26, 2016 · I need a word or two-word phrase for someone who rents their equipment to others. For example: if person A wants to rent a boat from person B, A is a renter but what is B …

  4. orthography - What's the standard rule for the use of hyphens and ...

    I found that diaeresis is used on the word reelection in the following sentence of the article titled “Rational Irrationality” in the New Yorker magazine (April 27). This morning’s news that econo...

  5. punctuation - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 7, 2022 · this is request for clarification on the rules for single quotation marks (apostrophe symbol on keyboard) in novels. My understanding is that single quotation marks, when used to …

  6. How to avoid ambiguity in "I am renting an apartment in New York"?

    As a renter I usually think of the tenant as renting, but the dictionaries seem to disagree with me as to primary use. If you are the landlord, you could say I am renting out an apartment in New …

  7. What do you call a person who is utterly independent and a loner?

    Jan 31, 2017 · You might call her a lone wolf: a person who avoids the company or assistance of others from vocabulary.com The linked site goes on to explain: If you prefer to do things on …

  8. What's the difference between "rent" and "hire" in British and …

    It sounds as though this is a difference between American and British English. Or, more precisely, someone should confirm that this is a difference in American and British English, because if it …

  9. single word requests - Term for a doorway without a door

    Apr 11, 2016 · For instance, if you were describing an apartment to a prospective renter, they might be interested to know whether or not there are doors on the doorway; calling it a …

  10. nouns - Word for a non-mainstream belief accepted as fact by a …

    Let's say there is a sub-culture which is built on a foundational truth. But that truth is not accepted by the culture as a whole. Is there a word for that? I was thinking "Core-Value"? But it's o...