Tenant

What do we mean by tenant?

One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another. noun

A dweller in a place; an occupant. noun

To hold as a tenant or be a tenant. transitive & intransitive verb

To hold or possess as a tenant; occupy.

To let out to tenants.

To live as a tenant; dwell.

A corruption of tenon.

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. noun

More specifically, one who holds under a superior owner, as a lessee or occupant for rent: used thus as correlative to landlord. noun

A defendant in a real action. See action, 8 . noun

One who has possession of anyplace; a dweller; an occupant. noun

In heraldry, same as supporter. noun

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. noun

One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. noun

By the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. noun

See under Common. noun

To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. transitive verb

One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others. noun

To hold as, or be, a tenant. verb

One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

One who has possession of any place.

One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.

Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

Words that are spelled similarly to tenant:
tenant, tenent, tennant, tonant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tenant:
tenancy, sharecroppers, landlord, landlords, tenants, rent, eviction, lease, farmer, rents, evicted, landowner, rental, barn, feudal, mall, commands, premises, occupying, manor, farming, farms, farm, apartment, notice, estates, property, estate, possession, tobacco, shed, paying, plaza, anchor, improvements, arena, housing, purchase, mill, owner, land, retail, shopping, pay, payment, store, floor, tenure, lands, building, house, cotton, stores, buy.

Words that rhyme with tenant:
lieutenant, pennant, tennant, tennent, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, police lieutenant, ben hunt, men hunt, wren hunt.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tenant:
new, joint, former, prospective, sub, good, previous, outgoing, incoming, original, last, present, landlord, particular, poor, free, deceased, irish, only, single, next, sole, mere, principal, feudal, yearly, customary, evicted, late, average, bad, statutory, ordinary, legal, occupying, potential, chief, agricultural, copyhold, protected, equitable, permanent, desirable, suitable, under, immediate, commercial, life, defaulting, holdover, temporary, terre, solitary, responsible, hypothetical, prime, elderly, hereditary, paying, infant, prior, lieu, floor, freehold, pastoral, weekly, secure, undesirable, unfortunate.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tenant:
farmers, farmer, relationship, relations, right, relationships, farming, family, farm, system, law, disputes, cultivators, land, farms, households, mix, space, families, participation, laws, notice, class, selection, groups, satisfaction, status, management, organization, household, occupancy, union, population, relation, program, purchase, complaints, community, buildings, cultivator, pay, building, fanners, fanner, possession, conflict, houses, organizations, council, involvement, dispute, improvements, ownership, rent, peasants, labor, chief, turnover, contract, association, covenants, purchasers, list, leader, unions, associations, stockholder, consultation, operators, share, flowers, contracts, arrangement, will, default, based, revolt, living, legislation, conflicts.

Consonant match to tenant:
tennant, tennent.

Words that sound like tenant:
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