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ten·ant

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–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 fol. by in).

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME tena(u)nt < AF; MF tenant, n. use of prp. of tenir to hold ≪ L tenére. See -ant

]

—Related forms

ten·ant·a·ble, adjective

ten·ant·less, adjective

ten·ant·like, adjective

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ten·ant Audio Help (těn'ənt) Pronunciation Key
n.

One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.
A dweller in a place; an occupant.
Law One who holds or possesses lands, tenements, or sometimes personal property by any kind of title.

tr. & intr.v. ten·ant·ed, ten·ant·ing, ten·ants
To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tenant

1325, "person who holds lands by title or by lease," from Anglo-Fr. tenaunt (1292), O.Fr. tenant (12c.), noun use of prp. of tenir "to hold," from L. tenere "hold, keep" (see tenet).

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tenant
noun
1.	someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
2.	a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
3.	any occupant who dwells in a place
verb
1.	occupy as a tenant

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
tenant [ˈtenənt] noun

a person who pays rent to another for the use of a house, building, land etc
Example: That man is a tenant of the estate; (also adjective) tenant farmers

Arabic:	مُسْتأجِر
Chinese (Simplified):	承租人，租户
Chinese (Traditional):	承租人，租戶
Czech:	nájemce, nájemní
Danish:	lejer; leje-
Dutch:	huurder
Estonian:	rentnik, üürnik
Finnish:	vuokralainen
French:	locataire
German:	der, *die Pächter(in); Pacht-…
Greek:	ενοικιαστής, ένοικος
Hungarian:	bérlő
Icelandic:	leiguliði, leigjandi
Indonesian:	penyewa
Italian:	affittuario, inquilino

Japanese:	借用者
Korean:	임차인
Latvian:	nomnieks; rentnieks; īrnieks
Lithuanian:	nuomininkas
Norwegian:	leieboer; forpakter; husmann
Polish:	dzierżawca, lokator
Portuguese (Brazil):	inquilino
Portuguese (Portugal):	inquilino
Romanian:	chiriaş; arendaş
Russian:	арендатор
Slovak:	nájomník; nájomné
Slovenian:	zakupnik
Spanish:	inquilino, arrendatario
Swedish:	hyresgäst, arrendator
Turkish:	kiracı

See also: tenanted

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ten·ant
Pronunciation: 'te-n&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, from Old French, from present participle of tenir to hold, from Latin tenEre
: one who holds or possesses property by any kind of right : one who holds a tenancy in property; specifically : one who possesses property in exchange for payment of rent —see also LESSEE —compare TENANCY

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Tenant

Cap"i*te\, n. [L., abl. of caput head.] See under Tenant.

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