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



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Word of the Day

7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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