TENANT
\tˈɛnənt], \tˈɛnənt], \t_ˈɛ_n_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of TENANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any occupant who dwells in a place
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a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
By Princeton University
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any occupant who dwells in a place
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a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
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To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
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To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
By Noah Webster.
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Anyone, including a corporation, who rents real property, with or without a house or structure, from the owner (called the landlord). The tenant may also be called the "lessee."
By Oddity Software
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One who possesses real estate by any right; one who rents property from another; an occupant.
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To hold by rent from another.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald