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Definitions for Tenant

[1] a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
[2] Law . a person who holds or possesses for a time lands, tenements, or personalty of another, usually for rent.
[3] an occupant or inhabitant of any place.
[4] to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit.
[5] to dwell or live (usually followed by in ).
[6] a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease
[7] a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc, subject to the payment of rent
[8] any holder or occupant
[9] (tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant
[10] (intr foll by in ) rare to dwell

Words related to Tenant

dweller, resident, occupant, renter, inhabitant, holder, lodger, lessee, boarder, possessor, householder, roomer, addressee, leaseholder, indweller, occupier

Words nearby Tenant

tenaille, tenaim, tenalgia, tenancy, tenancy in common, tenant, tenant farmer, tenant farming, tenant in chief, tenant in common, tenant-in-chief

Origin of Tenant

1250–1300; Middle English tena(u)nt < Anglo-French; Middle French tenant, noun use of present participle of tenir to hold ≪ Latin tenēre. See -ant

Words that may be confused with Tenant

tenant, tenet

Other words from Tenant

ten·ant·a·ble , adjective
ten·ant·less , adjective
ten·ant·like , adjective
non·ten·ant , noun
non·ten·ant·a·ble , adjective
un·ten·ant·a·ble , adjective
un·ten·ant·ed , adjective

Word origin for Tenant

C14: from Old French, literally: (one who is) holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre

Synonyms for Tenant

dweller, holder, inhabitant, occupant, renter, resident, addressee, boarder, householder, indweller, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupier, possessor, roomer, rent payer