tenant

CEFRB2

/ˈtɛ.nənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who rents a house, apartment, or land.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The previous tenant took excellent care of her apartment.

  • The tenant must pay the landlord the rent at the end of each month.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One who has possession of any place.

  2. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).

  3. One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.

More examples

In context

  • c. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom sweet tenants of this grove

  • multi-tenant hosting

  • You are just a tenant here, you say / Living in and out of this life / As cheaply as you can

Synonyms

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The new blank moved into the apartment on the first of the month.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).