English dictionary
tenant
/'t/E/n/@/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
ExamplesThe landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent.
Synonyms renterSource: WordNet 3.0
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a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
Source: WordNet 3.0
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any occupant who dwells in a place
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>landlord</i>. See Citation from <i>Blackstone</i>, under <u>Tenement</u>, 2.
Source: webster1913
verb
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occupy as a tenant
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Source: webster1913