tenant
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.
to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.
to dwell or live (usually followed by in).
Origin of tenant
1Other words from tenant
- ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
- ten·ant·less, adjective
- ten·ant·like, adjective
- non·ten·ant, noun
- non·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
- un·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective
- un·ten·ant·ed, adjective
Words that may be confused with tenant
- tenant , tenet
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British Dictionary definitions for tenant
/ (ˈtɛnənt) /
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
(tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant
(intr foll by in) rare to dwell
Origin of tenant
1Derived forms of tenant
- tenantable, adjective
- tenantless, adjective
- tenant-like, adjective
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