Tenant

  • 31tenant — One who occupies the premises of another in subordination to that other person s title and with his assent express or implied. 32 Am J1st L & T § 2. Broadly, any person having a tenancy. A tenant, although having exclusive possession, charge, and …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 32tenant — [14] A tenant is etymologically a ‘holder’. The word comes from Old French tenant, a noun use of the present participle of tenir ‘hold’. This in turn went back to Latin tenēre ‘hold’, a descendant of the Indo European base *ten ‘stretch, extend’… …

    Word origins

  • 33tenant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from present participle of tenir to hold Date: 14th century 1. a. one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (as a security) by any kind of right b. one who has the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34tenant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. occupant, occupier, resident, inhabitant, renter; inmate. See possession, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. renter, lessee, householder, rent payer, dweller, inhabitant, occupant, resident, roomer,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 35tenant — 01. One of the [tenants] in the apartment block beside ours caused a fire that destroyed the entire building. 02. The [tenants] in the building are complaining that the landlord is taking too long to make repairs. 03. The new [tenants] of… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 36tenant — ten|ant W2S3 [ˈtenənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: , present participle of tenir to hold , from Latin tenere; TENACIOUS] someone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it →↑landlord ▪ The desk was left… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37tenant — noun a person occupying rented land or property. ↘Law a person in possession of real property by any right or title. verb occupy (property) as a tenant. Derivatives tenantable adjective (formal). tenantless adjective Origin ME: from OFr., lit.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38tenant — finansinės nuomos paslaugos gavėjas statusas Aprobuotas sritis buhalterinė apskaita ir finansinė atskaitomybė apibrėžtis Nuomininkas, pagal finansinės nuomos sutartį naudojantis finansinės nuomos paslaugos teikėjui priklausantį turtą. atitikmenys …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 39tenant — / tenənt/ noun a person or company which rents a house, flat or office to live or work in ● The tenant is liable for repairs …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 40Tenant rights — can either refer to the rights tenants enjoy by law, or to the movement to acquire such rights. Tenant rights generally seek to protect renters from landlord neglect and unfair eviction, as well as secure fair, affordable housing. Laws dealing… …

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