TENANT

tenant, renter

(noun) 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”

tenant

(noun) any occupant who dwells in a place

tenant

(noun) a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

tenant

(verb) occupy as a tenant

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Proper noun

Tenant (plural Tenants)

A surname.

Anagrams

• Annett

Etymology 1

Noun

tenant (plural tenants)

One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

Synonym: renter

One who has possession of any place.

Synonyms: dweller, occupant

(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.

(computing) Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.

Synonyms

• lessee

• rentee

Verb

tenant (third-person singular simple present tenants, present participle tenanting, simple past and past participle tenanted)

To hold as, or be, a tenant.

(transitive) To inhabit.

Etymology 2

Noun

tenant

Misconstruction of tenet

Anagrams

• Annett

Source: Wiktionary

---

Ten"ant, n. Etym: [F. tenant, p.pr. of tenir to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.]

1. (Law)

Definition: One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount. Wharton.

2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove." Cowper. The hhappy tenant of your shade. Cowley. The sister tenants of the middle deep. Byron. Tenant in capite Etym: [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head, chief.], or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession. Blackstone.

– Tenant in common. See under Common.

Ten"ant, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tenanting.]

Definition: To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins