tenant
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noun \ˈte-nənt\Definition of TENANT
1
a : one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (as a security) by any kind of right b : one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another; specifically : one who rents or leases (as a house) from a landlord
See Examples of TENANT
- A tenant is now leasing the apartment.
- <the laundry in the basement is for tenants only>
Origin of TENANT
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of tenir to hold
First Known Use: 14th century
Rhymes with TENANT
2tenant
transitive verbDefinition of TENANT
: to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant : inhabit
— ten·ant·able \-nən-tə-bəl\ adjective
First Known Use of TENANT
1634
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