tenant
Americannoun
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a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
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Law. a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.
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an occupant or inhabitant of any place.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease
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a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc, subject to the payment of rent
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any holder or occupant
verb
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(tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant
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rare to dwell
Other Word Forms
- nontenant noun
- nontenantable adjective
- tenant-like adjective
- tenantable adjective
- tenantless adjective
- tenantlike adjective
- untenantable adjective
- untenanted adjective
Etymology
Origin of tenant
1250–1300; Middle English tena ( u ) nt < Anglo-French; Middle French tenant, noun use of present participle of tenir to hold ≪ Latin tenēre. See -ant
Example Sentences
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These deals often involve a special-purpose vehicle which Blue Owl leases back to the tenant.
From MarketWatch
They are our anchor tenant for religious freedom in this tough neighborhood.
If he really cares about the latter, he wouldn’t bar tenants in the city’s dilapidated public housing from airing complaints at his hearings on “rental ripoffs,” as the New York Post reported this week.
That 14,000-square-foot lot has found its next tenant, Marks said.
From Los Angeles Times
They amassed enough signatures late last year to qualify their proposal for this November’s ballot, launching New England’s most populous state headlong into the debate over whether policing rent helps tenants.
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