tenant
tenant definition
ten·ant (ten′ənt)
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
Etymology: 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 ten′·ant·able adjective
- tenantless ten′·ant·less adjective
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