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tenant
[ ten-uhnt ]
noun
- a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- Law. a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.
- an occupant or inhabitant of any place.
verb (used with object)
- to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.
verb (used without object)
- to dwell or live (usually followed by in ).
tenant
/ ˈtɛnənt /
noun
- a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease
- a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc, subject to the payment of rent
- any holder or occupant
verb
- tr to hold (land or property) as a tenant
- rare.intrfoll byin to dwell
Derived Forms
- ˈtenant-ˌlike, adjective
- ˈtenantable, adjective
- ˈtenantless, adjective
Other Words From
- tenant·a·ble adjective
- tenant·less adjective
- tenant·like adjective
- non·tenant noun
- non·tenant·a·ble adjective
- un·tenant·a·ble adjective
- un·tenant·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tenant1
Example Sentences
Larry Gross, executive director for the tenant rights group Coalition for Economic Survival, said he’s worried about thousands of relatively well-off refugees being forced into the region’s tight rental market.
The tenant advocacy group Coalition for Economic Survival is also holding Saturday workshops for existing renters and those now in need of a rental to learn more about their rights.
Claiming the threat of eviction could transform offenders into good tenants, the Ashfield MP said: "We need a deterrent.... I believe in a 'three strikes and out' rule."
Thanks to AI, remote work and flexible work arrangements, many older, non-ESG compliant office buildings have fewer tenants, unlike their Class A brethren.
He invested more than $270 million in Trump’s campaign and has become the incoming president’s neighbor/tenant at Mar-a-Lago, according to reporting from The New York Times.
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