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tenant

[ ten-uhnt ]

noun

  1. a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
  2. Law. a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.
  3. an occupant or inhabitant of any place.


verb (used with object)

  1. to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.

verb (used without object)

  1. to dwell or live (usually followed by in ).

tenant

/ ˈɛəԳ /

noun

  1. a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease
  2. a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc, subject to the payment of rent
  3. any holder or occupant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to hold (land or property) as a tenant
  2. rare.
    intrfoll byin to dwell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱԲԳ-ˌ, adjective
  • ˈٱԲԳٲ, adjective
  • ˈٱԲԳٱ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٱaԳ·· adjective
  • ٱaԳ· adjective
  • ٱaԳ· adjective
  • ԴDz·ٱaԳ noun
  • non·ٱaԳ·· adjective
  • un·ٱaԳ·· adjective
  • ܲ·ٱaԳ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tenant1

1250–1300; Middle English tena ( u ) nt < Anglo-French; Middle French tenant, noun use of present participle of tenir to hold ≪ Latin ٱŧ. See -ant
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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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