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tenant

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ten·ant  (tnnt)
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 tenre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

tenant [ˈtɛnənt]
n
1. (Law) a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease
2. a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc., subject to the payment of rent
3. any holder or occupant
vb
1. (Law) (tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant
2. (intr; foll by in) Rare to dwell
[from Old French, literally: (one who is) holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]
tenantable  adj
tenantless  adj
tenant-like  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tenanttenant - someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
leaseholder, lessee - a tenant who holds a lease
boarder, lodger, roomer - a tenant in someone's house
payer, remunerator - a person who pays money for something
2.tenant - a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
cotenant - one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
holder - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"
life tenant - a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
tenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else
3.tenant - any occupant who dwells in a place
occupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
Verb1.tenant - occupy as a tenant
inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

tenant
noun leaseholder, resident, renter, occupant, holder, inhabitant, occupier, lodger, boarder, lessee obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant
Translations
tenant [ˈtenənt]
A. Ninquilino/a m/f, arrendatario/a m/f
B. CPD tenant farmer Nagricultor(a) m/f arrendatario/a

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] nlocataire mf
tenant farmer nmétayer/ère m/f

tenant
nMieter(in) m(f); (of farm)Pächter(in) m(f)
vt (form) housezur Miete wohnen in (+dat); premisesgemietet haben; farmin Pacht haben

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] ninquilino/a
tenant [ˈtɛnənt] ninquilino/a

tenant
n tenant [ˈtenənt]
a person who pays rent to another for the use of a house, building, land etc That man is a tenant of the estate; (also adjective ) tenant farmers. huurder مُسْتأجِر наемател nájemce, nájemní lejer; leje- der/die Pächter(in); Pacht-... ενοικιαστής, ένοικος inquilino, arrendatario rentnik, üürnik مستاجر vuokralainen locataire דַיָר किरायेदार zakupac, podstanar bérlő penyewa leiguliði, leigjandi affittuario, inquilino 借用者 차용자 nuomininkas nomnieks; rentnieks; īrnieks penyewa huurder leieboer; forpakter; husmann dzierżawca, lokator inquilino chiriaş; arendaş арендатор nájomník; nájomné zakupnik stanar hyresgäst, arrendator ผู้เช่า kiracı 承租人,租戶 орендар; наймач کرايہ دار người thuê, người mướn
adj tenanted
(negativeuntenanted) occupied; lived in a tenanted house. verhuur مُسْتأجَر، مَسْكون بالأجْرَه нает obydlený udlejet bewohnt μισθωμένος habitado, morado; alquilado, arrendado asustatud اشغال شده؛ پر asuttu occupé, loué; (contraire): vide תָפוּש पट्टे पर दिया हुआ, किराये पर दिया हुआ u zakupu, unajmljen bérelt; lakott ditempati sem er í leigu occupato 借用中の 세들어 살고 있는 apgyvendintas apdzīvots; izīrēts berpenghuni gehuurd bebodd; forpaktet zamieszkały habitado ocupat, locuit арендованный obývaný najet nastanjen bebodd ซึ่งเช่าอยู่ kiracılı 已被租用的 орендований کرايہ پر ديا ہوا، مقبوضہ thuộc thuê

tenant مستأجر nájemník lejer Mieter ένοικος inquilino vuokralainen locataire stanar inquilino 賃借人 세입자 huurder leietaker dzierżawca inquilino арендатор hyresgäst ผู้เช่า kiracı người thuê nhà 房客


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Tenant of a top set--bad character--shut himself up in his bedroom closet, and took a dose of arsenic.
I am very little disposed to grant a tenant of Kellynch Hall any extraordinary favour, I assure you, be he sailor or soldier.
He - probably swayed by prudential consideration of the folly of offending a good tenant - relaxed a little in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns and auxiliary verbs, and introduced what he supposed would be a subject of interest to me, - a discourse on the advantages and disadvantages of my present place of retirement.
 
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