| NOUN | person | tenant, renter | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else |
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| person | tenant | a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) | |
| person | tenant | any occupant who dwells in a place | |
| VERB | social | tenant | occupy as a tenant / tenant |
| Sounds | teh'nahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else. | |
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| Example | "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent" | |
| Synonym | renter | |
| Narrower | leaseholder, lessee | A tenant / tenant / tenant who holds a lease |
| lodger, boarder, roomer | A tenant / tenant in someone's house | |
| Broader | payer, remunerator | A person who pays money for something |
| Spanish | arrendataria, arrendatario, inquilino, locataria, locatario | |
| Catalan | arrendatari, inquilí, llogater | |
| Nouns | tenancy | an act of being a tenant or occupant |
| Verbs | tenant | occupy as a tenant / tenant |
| Meaning | A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease). | |
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| Narrower | cotenant | One of two or more tenants holding title to the same property |
| life tenant | A tenant / tenant / tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live | |
| tenant farmer | A farmer who works land owned by someone else | |
| Broader | holder | A person who holds something |
| Nouns | tenancy | an act of being a tenant or occupant |
| Meaning | Any occupant who dwells in a place. | |
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| Broader | resident, occupant, occupier | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there |
| Spanish | arrendatario, inquilino | |
| Catalan | inquilí, llogater | |
| Nouns | tenancy | an act of being a tenant or occupant |
| Verbs | tenant | occupy as a tenant / tenant |
| Meaning | Occupy as a tenant / tenant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | populate, dwell, live, inhabit | Inhabit or live in |
| Nouns | tenant | someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else |
| tenant | any occupant who dwells in a place | |
| tenantry | tenants / tenants of an estate considered as a group | |
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