Definition of Tenant in English :

Define Tenant in English

Tenant meaning in English

Meaning of Tenant in English

Pronunciation of Tenant in English

Tenant pronunciation in English

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Tenant

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Noun

1. renter, tenant

someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

Example Sentences:
'the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent'

2. tenant

a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

3. tenant

any occupant who dwells in a place

Verb

4. tenant

occupy as a tenant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tenant

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noun
1. 
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
verb
4. (transitive)
to hold (land or property) as a tenant
5. (intransitive; foll by in) rare
to dwell

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Tenant

see synonyms of tenant
noun
1. 
a person who pays rent to occupy or use land, a building, etc.
2. 
an occupant of or dweller in a specified place
3. 
a person who possesses lands, etc. by any kind of title
verb transitive
4. 
to hold as a tenant; occupy

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Tenant

see synonyms of tenant
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.
tr. & intr.v. ten·ant·ed, ten·ant·ing, ten·ants
To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.

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