TENANCY
occupancy, tenancy
(noun) an act of being a tenant or occupant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tenancy (countable and uncountable, plural tenancies)
The occupancy of property, etc, under a lease, or by paying rent.
The period of occupancy by a tenant.
The property occupied by a tenant.
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"an*cy, n.; pl. Tenacies. Etym: [Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See
Tenant.] (Law)
(a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary
possession of what belongs to another.
(b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held
of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition