rentiers
Live off interest
Rentiers are people who live on income from investments, property, or inherited wealth rather than working.
The term carries a faintly negative connotation, suggesting passive wealth extraction: The city's rentier class opposed any reform that might threaten property values.
In economic discourse, rentier describes economies dependent on resource extraction rather than productive enterprise: a rentier state funded by oil revenues.
Property owner renting out
- leaseholdRented property interest
- freeholdPermanent property title
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- estateProperty and grounds
manor · mansion · villa · premises · tenant · property income · real estate · holdings
Capitalist ownership class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
- gentryHighborn but not noble
nobility · patrician · elite · elitism · classism · privilege · entitlement · leisured
Profits paid to shareholders
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- annuitiesPeriodic fixed payments
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- pensionsOngoing payments after employment
yield · returns · unearned · proceeds · payouts · coupons · rents · distributions
Selfish use of others
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- extractionAct of removing
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
hoarding · monopoly · neoliberalism · capital · accumulation · dispossession · financialization · speculation
Collected works or assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
shares · trusts · funds · real estate · property · holdings · investments · gilts
landlord
Property owner renting out
estate · manor · mansion · villa · premises · tenant · property income · real estate · holdings · land
bourgeoisie
Capitalist ownership class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- plutocracyRule by the rich
- oligarchyRule by few
gentry · nobility · patrician · elite · elitism · classism · privilege · entitlement · leisured · landed
dividends
Profits paid to shareholders
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
- annuitiesPeriodic fixed payments
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
pensions · yield · returns · unearned · proceeds · payouts · coupons · rents · distributions · passive income
exploitation
Selfish use of others
- parasiticExploiting a host organism
- unproductiveFailing to achieve results
- extractionAct of removing
inequality · hoarding · monopoly · neoliberalism · capital · accumulation · dispossession · financialization · speculation
portfolio
Collected works or assets
securities · shares · trusts · funds · real estate · property · holdings · investments · gilts · treasury
rentierswage earners
Paid workforce members
laborers · workers · employees · salaried workers · working class
rentiersproletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
working class · peasants · serfs · tenants · debtors
rentiersproducers
Those who create goods
entrepreneurs · creators · makers · innovators · builders