Tenant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.
  • n. A dweller in a place; an occupant.
  • n. Law One who holds or possesses lands, tenements, or sometimes personal property by any kind of title.
  • v. To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
  • v. To hold as, or be, a tenant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • n. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
  • v. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law: A person who holds real property by private ownership, by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will.
  • n. More specifically, one who holds under a superior owner, as a lessee or occupant for rent: used thus as correlative to landlord.
  • n. A defendant in a real action. See action, 8 .
  • n. One who has possession of anyplace; a dweller; an occupant.
  • n. In heraldry, same as supporter.
  • To hold or possess as a tenant; occupy.
  • To let out to tenants.
  • To live as a tenant; dwell.
  • A corruption of tenon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. occupy as a tenant
  • n. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
  • n. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
  • n. any occupant who dwells in a place
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    tenanted    tenanting    tenants   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dwell    populate    inhabit    live    occupier    resident    occupant   
    Variant
    tenement   
    Form
    tenanted    tenanting    tenancy    tenantry    tenantless   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dweller    occupant    holder    tenantry    tenementer    leaseholder    renter    vassal    termor    occupy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    lieutenant    pennant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    owner    inhabitant    proprietor    landlord    citizen    settler    employer    farmer    servant    guest