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tenant
tenantoccupant; one who holds the right to occupy a place: The tenant of that apartment is a woman.
Not to be confused with:tenet – principle, belief, doctrine; part of a body of doctrine: tenet of a churchten·ant T0101800 (tĕn′ənt)n.1. One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.2. A dweller in a place; an occupant.tr. & intr.v. ten·ant·ed, ten·ant·ing, ten·ants To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.
[Middle English, from Old French, from present participle of tenir, to hold, from Latin tenēre; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]tenant (ˈtɛnənt) n1. (Law) a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease2. a person who has the use of a house, flat, etc, subject to the payment of rent3. any holder or occupantvb4. (Law) (tr) to hold (land or property) as a tenant5. rare (foll by: in) to dwell[C14: from Old French, literally: (one who is) holding, from tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre] ˈtenantable adj ˈtenantless adj ˈtenant-ˌlike adjten•ant (ˈtɛn ənt)
n. 1. a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another, usu. under the terms of a lease; lessee. 2. an occupant or inhabitant of any place. v.t. 3. to hold or occupy as a tenant; dwell in; inhabit. v.i. 4. to dwell or live (usu. fol. by in). [1250–1300; Middle English tena(u)nt < Anglo-French; Middle French tenant, n. use of present participle of tenir to hold « Latin tenēre. See -ant] tenant
Past participle: tenanted
Gerund: tenanting
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| I tenant | | you tenant | | he/she/it tenants | | we tenant | | you tenant | | they tenant |
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| I tenanted | | you tenanted | | he/she/it tenanted | | we tenanted | | you tenanted | | they tenanted |
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| I am tenanting | | you are tenanting | | he/she/it is tenanting | | we are tenanting | | you are tenanting | | they are tenanting |
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| I have tenanted | | you have tenanted | | he/she/it has tenanted | | we have tenanted | | you have tenanted | | they have tenanted |
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| I was tenanting | | you were tenanting | | he/she/it was tenanting | | we were tenanting | | you were tenanting | | they were tenanting |
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| I had tenanted | | you had tenanted | | he/she/it had tenanted | | we had tenanted | | you had tenanted | | they had tenanted |
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| I will tenant | | you will tenant | | he/she/it will tenant | | we will tenant | | you will tenant | | they will tenant |
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| I will have tenanted | | you will have tenanted | | he/she/it will have tenanted | | we will have tenanted | | you will have tenanted | | they will have tenanted |
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| I will be tenanting | | you will be tenanting | | he/she/it will be tenanting | | we will be tenanting | | you will be tenanting | | they will be tenanting |
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| I have been tenanting | | you have been tenanting | | he/she/it has been tenanting | | we have been tenanting | | you have been tenanting | | they have been tenanting |
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| I will have been tenanting | | you will have been tenanting | | he/she/it will have been tenanting | | we will have been tenanting | | you will have been tenanting | | they will have been tenanting |
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| I had been tenanting | | you had been tenanting | | he/she/it had been tenanting | | we had been tenanting | | you had been tenanting | | they had been tenanting |
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| I would tenant | | you would tenant | | he/she/it would tenant | | we would tenant | | you would tenant | | they would tenant |
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| I would have tenanted | | you would have tenanted | | he/she/it would have tenanted | | we would have tenanted | | you would have tenanted | | they would have tenanted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tenant - someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"renterleaseholder, lessee - a tenant who holds a leaseboarder, lodger, roomer - a tenant in someone's housepayer, remunerator - a person who pays money for something | | 2. | tenant - a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)cotenant - one of two or more tenants holding title to the same propertyholder - a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport"life tenant - a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) livetenant farmer - a farmer who works land owned by someone else | | 3. | tenant - any occupant who dwells in a placeoccupant, occupier, resident - someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there | | Verb | 1. | tenant - occupy as a tenantinhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
tenantnoun leaseholder, resident, renter, occupant, holder, inhabitant, occupier, lodger, boarder, lessee obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenantTranslationstenant (ˈtenənt) noun a person who pays rent to another for the use of a house, building, land etc. That man is a tenant of the estate; (also adjective) tenant farmers. 承租人，租戶 承租人，租户 ˈtenanted adjective (negative untenanted) occupied; lived in. a tenanted house. 租賃，居住於 已被租用的tenant
tenant a person who holds, occupies, or possesses land or property by any kind of right or title, esp from a landlord under a lease tenantA person or firm using a building, or part of a building, as a lessee or owner-occupant.tenant
TenantAn individual who occupies or possesses land or premises by way of a grant of an estate of some type, such as in fee, for life, for years, or at will. A person who has the right to temporary use and possession of particular real property, which has been conveyed to that person by a landlord. Cross-references Landlord and Tenant. tenantn. a person who occupies real property owned by another based upon an agreement between the person and the landlord/owner, almost always for rental payments. (See: tenancy) tenant one who holds land under a LEASE or tenancy agreement.TENANT, estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. See 5 Mann. & Gr. 54; S. C. 44 Eng. C. L. Rep. 39; 5 Mann. & Gr. 112; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
2. Tenants may be considered with regard to the estate to which they are entitled. There are tenants in fee; tenants by the curtesy; tenants in dower; tenants in tail after. possibility of issue extinct; tenants for life tenants for years; tenants from year to year; tenants at Will; and tenants at suffrance. When considered with regard to their number, tenants are in severalty; tenants in common; and joint tenants. There is also a kind of tenant, called tenant to the praecipe. These will be separately examined.
3. Tenant in fee is he who has an estate of inheritance in the land. See Fee.
4. Tenant by the curtesy, is where a man marries a woman seised of an estate of inheritance, that is, of lands and tenements in fee simple or fee tail; and has by her issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate. In this case he shall, on the death of his wife, hold the lands for life, as tenant by the curtesy. Co. Litt. 29, a; 2 Lilly's Reg. 656; 2 Bl. Com. 126. See Curtesy.
5. Tenant in dower is where the husband of a woman is seised of an estate of inheritance, and dies; in this case, the wife shall have the third part of the lands and tenements of which he was seised at any time during the coverture, to hold to herself during the term of her natural life. 2 Bl. Com. 129; Com. Dig. Dower, A 1. See Dower.
6. Tenant in tail after possibility of issue extinct, is where one is tenant in special tail, and a person from whose body the issue was to spring, dies without issue; or having issue, becomes extinct; in these cases the survivor becomes tenant in tail after possibility of issue extinct. 2 Bl. Com. 124; and vide Estate tail after possibility of issue extinct.
7. Tenant for life, is he to whom lands or tenements are granted, or to which he derives by operation of law a title for the term of his own life, or for that of any other person, or for more lives than one.
8. He is called tenant for life, except when he holds the estate by the life of another, when he is called tenant er autre vie. 2 Bl. Com. 84; Com. Dig. Estates, E 1; Bac. Ab. Estates, See Estate for life; 2 Lilly's Reg. 557.
9. Tenant for years, is he to whom another has let lands, tenements and hereditaments for a term of certain years, or for a lesser definite period of time, and the lessee enters thereon. 2, Bl. Com. 140; Com. Dig Estates by grant, G.
10. A tenant for years has incident to, and unseparable from his estate, unless by special agreement, the same estovers to which a tenant for life is entitled. See Estate for life. With regard to the crops or emblements, the tenant for years is not, in general, entitled to them after the expiration of his term. 2 Bl. Com. 144. But in Pennsylvania, the tenant is entitled to the way going crop. 2 Binn. 487; 5 Binn. 285, 289 2 S. & R. 14. See 5 B. & A. 768; this Diet. Distress; Estate for years; Lease; Lessee; Notice to quit.; Underlease.
11. Tenant from year to year, is he to whom another has let lands or tenements, without any certain or determinate estate; especially if an annual rent be reserved Com. Dig. Estates, R 1. And when a person is let into possession as a tenant, without any agreement as to time, the inference now is, that he is a tenant from year to year, until the contrary be proved; but, of course, such presumption may be rebutted. 3 Burr. 1609; 1 T. R. 163; 3 T. R. 16; 5 T. R. 471; 8 T. R. 3; 3 East 451. The difference between a tenant from year to year, and a tenant for years, is rather a distinction in words than in substance. Woodf., L. & J. 163.
12. Tenant at will, is when lands or tenements are let by one man to another, to have and th bold to him at the will of the lessor, by force of which the lessee is in possession. In this case the lessee is called tenant at will.
13. Every lease at will must be at the will of both parties. Co. Lit. 55; 2 Lilly's Reg. 555; 2 Bl. Com. 145., See Com. Dig. Estates, H 1; 12 Mass. 325; 1 Johns. Cas. 33; 2 Caines' C. Err. 314; 2 Caines' R. 169; 17 Mass. R. 282; 9 Johns. R. 331; 13 Johns. R. 235. Such a tenant may be ejected by the landlord at any time. 1 Watt's & Serg. 90.
14. Tenant at suffrance, is he who comes into possession by a lawful demise, and after his term is ended, continues the possession wrongfully, and holds over. Co. Lit. 57, b; 2 Leo. 46; 3 Leo. 153. See 1 Johns. Cas. 123; 5 Johns. R. 128; 4 Johns. R. 150; Id. 312.
15. Tenant in severalty, is he who holds land and tenements in his own right only, without any other person being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during his estate therein. 2 Bl. Com. 179.
16. Tenants in common, are such as hold by several and distinct titles, but by unity of possession. 2 Bl. Com. 161. See Estate in common; 7 Cruise, Dig. Ind. tit. Tenancy in Common; Bac. Abr. Joint-Tenants and Tenants in Common; Com. Dig. Abatement, E 10, F 6; Chancery, 3 V 4 Devise, N 8; Estates, K 8, K 2 Supp. to Ves. jr. vol. 1, 272, 315; 1 Vern. It. 353; Arch. Civ. Pl. 53, 73.
17. Tenants in common may have title as such to real or personal property; they may be tenants of a house, land, a horse, a ship, and the like.
18. Tenants in common are bound to account to each other; but they are bound to account only for the value of the property as it was when they entered, and not for any improvement or labor they put upon it, at their separate expense. 1 McMull. R. 298. Vide Estates in common; and 4 Kent, Com. 363. Joint tenants, are such as hold lands or tenements by joint tenancy. See Estate in joint tenancy; 7 Cruise, Dig. Ind. tit. Joint Tenancy; Bac. Abr. Joint Tenants and Tenants in Common; Com. Dig. Estates, K 1; Chancery, 3 V 1; Devise, N 7, N 8; 2 Saund. Ind. Joint Tenants; Preston on Estates, 2 Bl. Com. 179.
19. Tenants to the praecipe, is be against whom the writ of praecipe is brought, in suing out a common recovery, and must be the tenant or seised of the freehold. 2 Bl. Com. 362. Tenant
TenantA partial owner of a security, or the holder of some property. See: Lessee.TenantOne who has obtained the right to use land, a house, and/or other property owned by someone else. Sometimes, this includes the right to develop land belonging to another, but normally it is the right to live on an already developed property. The contract governing a lessee's rights is a lease; it generally includes the lessee's right to use the property under certain conditions without undue interference from the lessor for the period of time described in the lease. In exchange, the lessee pays rent.tenant(1) One who leases real property. (2) One who has an estate in land,such as a joint tenant with right of survivorship. tenant
Synonyms for tenantnoun leaseholderSynonyms- leaseholder
- resident
- renter
- occupant
- holder
- inhabitant
- occupier
- lodger
- boarder
- lessee
Synonyms for tenantnoun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone elseSynonymsRelated Words- leaseholder
- lessee
- boarder
- lodger
- roomer
- payer
- remunerator
noun a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)Related Words- cotenant
- holder
- life tenant
- tenant farmer
noun any occupant who dwells in a placeRelated Wordsverb occupy as a tenantRelated Words |