Jun 2, 2007 23:55
17 yrs ago
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Persian (Farsi) term
20+ yrs experience--native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi)
rant, rantkhor
Persian (Farsi) to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
I heard this on a recent Radio Farda program about the recent government decision to reduce interest rates. Etemad newspaper was quoted using these terms which I believe come from French "rente" but the meaning seems to be different. It seems to mean "unreasonable profits" and "profiteering". Am I correct?
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13 hrs
Fred Bidel
Native in Persian (Farsi)
&
English
Deep and Solid Skills
Native in: Persian (Farsi) 
, English
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi)
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lucrative privilege granted without others' knowledge; a conniving fininaial insider
This term is used for those in Iran nowadays, who are conducting financial activities harmful to the economic good of the common people using their government connections. So they cannot simply be called "Rentier". Another distinction here is that no one in Iran seems to know who these people are, but everyone knows they do exist judging by the drastic financial results of their activities. Radio Farda's reporting is a good example: As interest rates by banks is decreased, these people seem to be able to obtain currency with low interest and lend it to the average Iranian on the open market with much higher rates using their non descriptive distribution channels, i.e. "Sarraf" shops.
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Comment: "Thanks to all who offered help on this topic. All the answers were useful, especially Hamid Sadeghieh's links, but I am selecting this one as the most useful to the specific context of the question. Kudos to all."
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Sajjad Hamadani
United States
United States
Works in field
United States
Command several languages simultaneously
Native in: Urdu , Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, English to Urdu, and 7 more.
Profit or Revenue, Exploit
Profit, Revenue (from interest) Interest payable by the government on its indebtedness.
To exploit the system selfishly for one's own ends.
Yes, you are right.
To exploit the system selfishly for one's own ends.
Yes, you are right.
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3 hrs
Hamid Sadeghieh
Iran
Iran
Native in Persian (Farsi)
Works in field
Iran
Translation Studies, Ph.D Candidate
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, Persian (Farsi), and 2 more.
political corruption/rent and rent seeking
Misusing position and power to gain profit and/or monopolize a right. This action is considered a corporate crime and the connotation is highly negative.
Recently you may hear the term "rante siasi" which is not an economic term rather it refers to gaining political achievments/power by misusing current position and monopolizing access to mass media and censorship.
Compare deffinitions from the following sources:
http://www.tcwmagazine.com/tahlil/m6-2.htm
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=448490
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_seeking
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-06-03 03:18:40 GMT)
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Just to corect myself, this action is not always a corporate crime rather natural persons may be charged with it; a recent example of economic rent-seeker is Shahram J.
Recently you may hear the term "rante siasi" which is not an economic term rather it refers to gaining political achievments/power by misusing current position and monopolizing access to mass media and censorship.
Compare deffinitions from the following sources:
http://www.tcwmagazine.com/tahlil/m6-2.htm
http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=448490
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_seeking
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-06-03 03:18:40 GMT)
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Just to corect myself, this action is not always a corporate crime rather natural persons may be charged with it; a recent example of economic rent-seeker is Shahram J.
Note from asker:
| thanks for the links! |
8 hrs
Armineh Johannes
Native in Persian (Farsi)
Over twenty years of translation
Native in: Persian (Farsi) (Variant: IRAN) , Armenian
Works in: English to Persian (Farsi), Persian (Farsi) to English, French to English, and 6 more.
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unearned income/daramade badavardeh
رانت، دريافتي حاصل از فعاليت‌هاي غير مولد است.
منظور از رانت ، انتقال درآمد به افراد يا گروه‌هايي كه از جامعه به خاطر توان بالقوه آنها در ايجاد محدوديت در فعاليت اقتصادي ديگران است. در واقع درآمد بادآورده‌اي است كه، از توان بالقوه عده‌اي از افراد جامعه در انتقال درآمد ديگران حاصل مي‌شود.
- در مفهوم عاميانه، رانت ا همان سود بادآورده است كه كسب درآمد نه از طريق مشاركت عامل توليد در فعاليت توليدي، بلكه به واسطه داشتن قدرت سلب اختيار از ديگران امكان‌پذير شده است. وجود رانت در هر نظام اقتصادي اولا به معناي تخصيص غيربهينه منابع و ثانيا ناعادلانه بودن نظام اقتصادي است و لذا مانع رشد و توسعه اقتصادي است.
منظور از رانت ، انتقال درآمد به افراد يا گروه‌هايي كه از جامعه به خاطر توان بالقوه آنها در ايجاد محدوديت در فعاليت اقتصادي ديگران است. در واقع درآمد بادآورده‌اي است كه، از توان بالقوه عده‌اي از افراد جامعه در انتقال درآمد ديگران حاصل مي‌شود.
- در مفهوم عاميانه، رانت ا همان سود بادآورده است كه كسب درآمد نه از طريق مشاركت عامل توليد در فعاليت توليدي، بلكه به واسطه داشتن قدرت سلب اختيار از ديگران امكان‌پذير شده است. وجود رانت در هر نظام اقتصادي اولا به معناي تخصيص غيربهينه منابع و ثانيا ناعادلانه بودن نظام اقتصادي است و لذا مانع رشد و توسعه اقتصادي است.
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11 hrs
Alireza Yazdunpanuh
Iran
Iran
Native in Persian (Farsi)
Iran
Supreme quality, Professional integrity
Native in: Persian (Farsi)
Works in: Persian (Farsi) to English, English to Persian (Farsi)
a lucrative privilege granted to an insider by the government, a rentier
Rantkhor: A person who grows fat on the economic favours of the government, a rentier
Rant'e eqtesadi: an economic favour made to somebody by the government
Rant'e eqtesadi: an economic favour made to somebody by the government
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