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ten·ant    Audio Help   (těn'ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.
  2. A dweller in a place; an occupant.
  3. 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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Tenants Harbor, ME Zip code(s): 04860

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