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[ten-uhnt]

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noun

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.

verb (used with object)

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

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verb (used without object)

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

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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un·ten·ant·a·ble, adjective

un·ten·ant·ed, adjective

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Can be confused: tenant, tenet.

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Tenants could be at risk of losing their space or money if the building's owner defaults on a mortgage.

Landlords may request post-dated checks from tenants to cover a certain number of months.

With the number of these tenants frozen, the economics of building low-cost housing falls apart.

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Tenants could be at risk of losing their space or money if the building's owner defaults on a mortgage.

Landlords may request post-dated checks from tenants to cover a certain number of months.

With the number of these tenants frozen, the economics of building low-cost housing falls apart.

Many tall corporate buildings now instruct their tenants to turn off the lights at night.

Above their picture is the cover line that never was, the dream that this car dealership's quixotic tenants hope to make real:.

The landlord's focus on a different mix of shops and restaurants has prevented some old tenants from renewing their leases.

They also co-owned, in tenants in common, a timeshare.

Partly because tenants will pay more for a boardroom with a view.

There's a complex interaction among tenants and visitors, the physical plant and the services, as well as the location.

Some landlords will evict tenants who are habitually late with rent.

Thousands of policemen arrived to carry out a court-ordered eviction, though they found only nine tenants.

In the living room are two velveteen sofas that were too big and too ugly for some long-gone tenants to take with them.

His landlady says that many of her underground tenants share his view.

Leases often require newcomers to be vouched for by other tenants.

For years the only tenants willing to sign leases for the building were government agencies.

But the law heavily favours tenants over landlords, which caused a shortage of rented property.

Southdale's first tenants shared this sanguine view.

The dispute is mainly about compensations between the land tenants and the local authorities.

Countries can default and still come back, no one repossesses them and evicts the tenants.

Local officials hope to welcome new tenants sometime soon.

Get as many tenants within the station buildings and surrounding lots.

It seems more and more small tenants are desperately seeking offices that they can move into immediately.

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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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"Towns are full of people, houses full of tenants, hotels full of guests, trains full of travelers, cafés full of customers, parks full of promenaders, consulting-rooms of famous doctors full of patients, theatres full of spectators, and beaches full of bathers. What previously was, in general, no problem, now begins to be an everyday one, namely, to find room."

-José Ortega Y Gasset

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