tenant

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

(noun)

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

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See tenant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

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

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See tenant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.
  3. 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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