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tenancy

tenancy

4 3.8
A period when someone rents a house or flat
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛnənsi/
translation icon : arrendamiento
  • The landlord inspected the property before the new tenant began their tenancy.
  • tenancy of land
  • tenancy reforms
  • tenancy system

You have to remember tenants who are in possession have a lot of power and lawsuits in tenancy court business or not.

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Examples

  • After careful review, we decided to extend the tenancy for another six months.

  • So they would still be allowed to cancel your tenancy at the point where it ends with the suitable amount of notice.

  • After all, losing out on a month of tenancy would mean loss of income for the landlord.

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  • "I no longer have need for a london house of this size... and am willing to let it on a yearly tenancy."

  • But I want them to feel it's their home, so that when I surrender the tenancy, they'll take it on.

  • Will the Prime Minister help people like Rachel and back secure three-year tenancies for all private renters?

  • Despite dwindling land prices, tenancy rates increased from their antebellum high of 33 percent to nearly 40 percent in 1869.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The tenant signed a lease that confirmed her tenancy for one year.

Synonyms

lease
vstenancy
  • Specialized
203 3.0

An agreement that lets someone use property for money for a fixed time

refers to the occupant's possession under that agreement for a set period
rental
vstenancy
132 1.3

A property like a house or car that people pay to use for a time

refers to the occupant's legal possession under a formal agreement for a set period
occupancy
vstenancy
11 4.6

Living in or using a building

describes possession with a formal agreement and specified time period

Antonyms

67 3.0

An empty job or room that someone can take

How Long

permanent
650 3.2
long-term
502 3.0
tenancy
4 3.8
short-term
225 3.3

Surface Forms

tenancy singular
tenancies plural

Morphology

tenancy = tenant (transparent) = tenant + cy

The meaning 'state or condition relating to a tenant' is directly derived from 'tenant' plus a nominalizing suffix.

Etymology

Tenancy comes from the Latin root ten- from tenere meaning 'to hold'. So a tenancy is the time a tenant 'holds' or lives in a property, which is why it means possession or use of a home for a set period.