What is "tenant" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tenant mean in English? Meaning of tenant definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tenant" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tenant": someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

Noun

  • Meaning: someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
  • Example: the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent
  • Synonyms: renter tenant
  • Hyponyms: boarder leaseholder lessee lodger roomer
  • Hypernyms: payer remunerator
  • Meaning of "tenant": occupy as a tenant

    Verb

  • Meaning: occupy as a tenant
  • Synonyms: tenant
  • Hypernyms: dwell inhabit live populate
  • Meaning of "tenant": a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

    Noun

  • Meaning: a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
  • Synonyms: tenant
  • Hyponyms: cotenant life tenant tenant farmer
  • Hypernyms: holder
  • Meaning of "tenant": any occupant who dwells in a place

    Noun

  • Meaning: any occupant who dwells in a place
  • Synonyms: tenant
  • Hypernyms: occupant occupier resident
  • Synonyms:

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

    Antonyms:

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