Meanings
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noun
A person who pays rent to use land or a building owned by someone else.
The landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent.
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Forms
tenantedtenantingtenantsuntenanted
Derived forms
multitenancyse-tenantsub-tenanttenancytenant-in-chieftenant-righttenantlesstenantryter-tenantterre-tenantundertenant
Etymology
From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).
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