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ənt 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)
4.
to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.
verb (used without object)
5.
to dwell or live (usually followed by in ).
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
ten·ant·less, adjective
ten·ant·like, adjective
non·ten·ant, noun
non·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
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tenant (ˈtɛnənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 |
| —vb (foll by in) | |
| 4. | (tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant |
| 5. | rare to dwell |
| [C14: from Old French, literally: (one who is) holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre] | |
| 'tenantable | |
| —adj | |
| 'tenantless | |
| —adj | |
| 'tenant-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
tenant
early 14c., "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-Fr. tenaunt (late 13c.), O.Fr. tenant (12c.), noun use of prp. of tenir "to hold," from L. tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).
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Example sentences
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The tenant in chief could not alienate without the license of the king.
The long-shuttered theater is getting a major tenant.
He was said to have never raised the rent or dispossessed a tenant for the inability to pay rent.
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