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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
/ ˈɛəԳ /
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
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Derived Forms
- ˈٱԲԳ-ˌ, adjective
- ˈٱԲԳٲ, adjective
- ˈٱԲԳٱ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٱaԳ·· adjective
- ٱaԳ· adjective
- ٱaԳ· adjective
- ԴDz·ٱaԳ noun
- non·ٱaԳ·· adjective
- un·ٱaԳ·· adjective
- ܲ·ٱaԳ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tenant1
C14: from Old French, literally: (one who is) holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin ٱŧ
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Sam was lying in bed one morning when her tenant in a house she owned in Margate sent her a photo of a piece of graffiti that had appeared on the wall outside.
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It will be spent on affordable housing and tenant protection efforts.
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Many of her fellow tenants in this apartment block near Madrid's Atocha railway station have similar problems.
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Why do tenants have to bring their own refrigerators to rent apartments in Los Angeles?
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Annual rent increases for tenants will also be capped at 4%.
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