rent-seeking
English
/ɹɛnt siːkɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- (economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.
Etymology
Compound from English rent (a profit) + English profit from possession of a valuable right + English right (east)+ English seeking.
Origin
English
seeking
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Renthead English
- Rightpondia English
- alright English
- antirent English
- aright English
- birthright English
- bookright English
- centre-right English
- centreright English
- copyright English
- downright English
- e-right English
- folkright English
- forerent English
- foreright English
- headright English
- jobseeking English
- liferent English
- manrent English
- nonright English
- officeseeking English
- outright English
- overrent English
- playright English
- profit from possession of a valuable right English
- profitseeking English
- quasi-rent English
- queenright English
- quitrent English
- rent English
- rent-free English
- rentability English
- rentable English
- rental English
- rentback English
- rentcharge English
- rentee English
- renter English
- renthouse English
- rentor English
- rerent English
- right English
- right stochastic matrix English
- right-hand English
- right-handed English
- right-hearted English
- rightable English
- rightard English
- rightdoer English
- rightdoing English
- righten English
- righteous English
- righter English
- rightern English
- rightest English
- righteth English
- rightful English
- rightholder English
- righthood English
- rightie English
- rightify English
- rightish English
- rightism English
- rightist English
- rightless English
- rightly English
- rightmost English
- rightness English
- righto English
- rightsize English
- rightsome English
- rightward English
- rightwards English
- rightways English
- rightwise English
- righty English
- seek English
- seeking English
- self-seeking English
- subrent English
- thrillseeking English
- ultraright English
- unrent English
- unright English
- unseeking English
- upright English
- ränttü Finnish
- ライト Japanese
- rent Middle English
- right Middle English
- rajto Esperanto
- reit Welsh
- rait Chuukese
- rent
- seek
- right
- unrent
- rental
- rentee
- rentor
- aright
- righty
- rerent
- renter
- righto
- subrent
- rightie
- seeking
- righten
- upright
- e-right
- righter
- unright
- manrent
- rightly
- alright
- rightish
- rentback
- outright
- rightify
- rightist
- overrent
- forerent
- righteth
- rightful
- rightard
- rightern
- rightest
- rentable
- Renthead
- rightism
- liferent
- antirent
- nonright
- quitrent
- foreright
- rightable
- righteous
- rightless
- folkright
- rightsize
- renthouse
- downright
- rightwise
- headright
- righthood
- rightdoer
- rightways
- unseeking
- rightward
- bookright
- copyright
- rightness
- playright
- rightmost
- rent-free
- rightsome
- quasi-rent
- birthright
- rightdoing
- jobseeking
- right-hand
- rentcharge
- rightwards
- queenright
- ultraright
- rightholder
- Rightpondia
- centreright
- rentability
- right-handed
- self-seeking
- centre-right
- right-hearted
- officeseeking
- profitseeking
- thrillseeking
- right stochastic matrix
- profit from possession of a valuable right