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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 occupier or a …

  2. 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 called?

  3. 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 charging for …

  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. Is it "John or Mary's house" or "John's or Mary's house"?

    Mar 22, 2017 · Would one refer to the owner or renter's house or to the owner ['s] or renter's house? In real life, I'm looking into "the Social Worker ['s] or Attorney's employee identification card." A form …

  6. 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 indicate a …

  7. What's the difference between "rent" and "hire" in British and American ...

    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 is so, …

  8. What does ‘Snake in my ear” mean? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Nov 19, 2017 · Some older person was talking about evicting some renters from her property, and she said to me “she had a snake in her ear”.

  9. A word for "bringing something to its required amount"

    Jun 28, 2017 · We need more context. Did the landlord supplement the deposit? Did he catch up or top off the deposit by charging an addtional $50 per month for one year? Who brought it up to its …

  10. grammatical number - Is "premises" referring to a single property ...

    Dec 10, 2015 · This question is not a duplicate of Is "premises" always plural? because that question is about the use of "premises" vs. "premise." My question deals with whether or not to treat the word …