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tenancy

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ten·an·cy  (tnn-s)
n. pl. ten·an·cies
1. Possession or occupancy of lands, buildings, or other property by title, under a lease, or on payment of rent.
2. The period of a tenant's occupancy or possession.
3. A habitation held or occupied by a tenant.

tenancy
Noun
pl -cies
1. the temporary possession or use of lands or property owned by somebody else, in return for payment
2. the period of holding or occupying such property
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tenancy - an act of being a tenant or occupant
residency, abidance, residence - the act of dwelling in a place
inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

tenancy
noun 2. period of office, tenure, incumbency, time in office
Translations
Spanish tenancy [ˈtɛnənsɪ] nalquiler m
French tenancy [ˈtɛnənsɪ] nlocation f; état m de locataire
German tenancy [ˈtɛnənsɪ] n (of room) → Mietverhältnis nt;
(of land) → Pachtverhältnis nt

Italian tenancy [ˈtɛnənsɪ] naffitto; condizione f di inquilino

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They'd taken a house for six weeks, and at the end of her tenancy she wrote to tell him on which day she was arriving in London.
Garth got the assurance he desired, namely, that in case of Bulstrode's departure from Middlemarch for an indefinite time, Fred Vincy should be allowed to have the tenancy of Stone Court on the terms proposed.
In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin.
 
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