ten·e·ment (t n  -mnt)n. 1. A building for human habitation, especially one that is rented to tenants. 2. A rundown, low-rental apartment building whose facilities and maintenance barely meet minimum standards. 3. Chiefly British An apartment or room leased to a tenant. 4. Law Property, such as land, rents, or franchises, held by one person leasing it from another. [Middle English, house, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ten  mentum, from Latin tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]ten  e·mental (-mntl) adj. |
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