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Definition of Tenant
1. Verb. Occupy as a tenant.
2. Noun. 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"
Specialized synonyms: Leaseholder, Lessee, Boarder, Lodger, Roomer
Generic synonyms: Payer, Remunerator
Derivative terms: Rent, Rent, Tenancy
3. Noun. A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease).
Generic synonyms: Holder
Derivative terms: Tenancy
4. Noun. Any occupant who dwells in a place.
Definition of Tenant
1. n. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2.
2. v. t. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Definition of Tenant
1. Noun. One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. ¹
2. Noun. An occupant. ¹
3. Noun. (legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership. ¹
4. Verb. To hold as, or be, a tenant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tenant
1. to inhabit [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: inhabit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenant
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