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The definition of a tenant is someone who rents land or property for their home or business.

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An example of a tenant is a family who rents an apartment.

See tenant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who pays rent to occupy or use land, a building, etc.
an occupant of or dweller in a specified place
a person who possesses lands, etc. by any kind of title

Origin: ME tenaunt < OFr tenant, orig. prp. of tenir, to hold < L tenere, to hold < IE base *ten-, to pull, stretch > thin

transitive verb

to hold as a tenant; occupy

Related Forms:

tenantable adjective
tenantless adjective

See tenant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.
A dweller in a place; an occupant.
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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from present participle of tenir, to hold

Origin: , from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots

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