tenant

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.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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tenant

Noun

1. a person who pays rent for the use of land or property

2. any holder or occupant [Old French: one who is holding]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tenant - 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" renter 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
Verb	1.	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"

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tenant

noun leaseholder, resident, renter, occupant, holder, inhabitant, occupier, lodger, boarder, lessee

Translations

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] n (= rent-payer) → inquilino/a (= occupant); habitante m/f

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] n → locataire m/f

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] n (of room) → Mieter(in) m(f);

(of land) → Pächter(in) m(f)

tenant [ˈtɛnənt] n → inquilino/a

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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 임차인 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 承租人，租户

adj ˈtenanted

(negative untenanted) 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; 임차한 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 已被租用的