Tenemental

ten·e·ment  (tn-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.

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[Middle English, house, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tenmentum, from Latin tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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tene·mental (-mntl) adj.