Alternative form of rent-seeking.

The official regulation of the amount that may be charged for rented property.

On which no rent is payable.

Without paying rent.

(economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.

plural of rent boy

A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior.

A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.

(idiomatic, transitive) to lease, let; to allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent

(economics) the amount of recompense paid to a factor of production on top of its transfer earnings; this does not encompass costs incurred during the process of production or service