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Noun: rent-seeking
  1. (economics) the theory that a person or firm seeks to make money by manipulating the economic environment rather than by making a profit through production or trade
    - rent seeking

Type of: economic theory

Part of: economic science, economics, political economy

Encyclopedia: Rent-seeking

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rental collection
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reoccupy
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