"rent-seeker" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993 Jan, Thomas W. Hazlett, Robert J. Michaels, “The Cost of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Cellular Telephone License Lotteries”, in Southern Economic Journal, volume 59, number 3, pages 425–435",
          "text": "The marginal rent-seeker may in fact have faced high information costs.",
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        "A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior."
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        "(economics) A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "尋租的人"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xúnzū de rén",
          "sense": "person",
          "word": "寻租的人"
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          "sense": "person",
          "word": "oman edun tavoittelija"
        }
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  "word": "rent-seeker"
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        "(economics) A person who engages in rent-seeking behavior."
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person",
      "word": "尋租的人"
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      "word": "寻租的人"
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