Rente

noun

1. Annual income; revenue; rent; interest; specifically, in the plural, rentes (or rentes sur Vétat), sums paid annually by a government as interest on public loans; hence, the bonds or stocks on which such interest is paid.
2. In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc., which represent government indebtedness.
3. In France, interest payable by government on indebtedness; the bonds, shares, stocks, etc. that represent government indebtedness.
4. income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments