tenant
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈtɛnənt/
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- The tenants couldn't pay their rent anymore.
- landlord and tenant
- leased to the tenant
- tenant law
You also get the, the tenants to pay that debt down.
- You also get the, the tenants to pay that debt down.
- They're also much more likely to be tenants than whites or Asians.
- But I think it's worthless if these tenants aren't paying rent.
- So I'd owned the shops, but now my tenant was Vodafone.
- Which means now you can plug a tenant into that house and that tenant will pay you rent.
- It is the stories from the tenants downstairs.
- Because the tenant will make some, some fixed payment to the landlord.
- The question you should ask is how much are your tenants paying down your debts every single month?
- I raised my rent and I get it from my tenant.
- Small properties attract small tenants, great big problems.
- It's exactly what keeps us as tenants staying tenants instead.
- One of my one of her tenants was a sculptor, very posh.
Examples
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"I'd like you to meet my tenant," the man said with a grin.
Fiction book (1993) -
Eviction, however, is not always justified, and tenants have some legal rights in this regard.
Academic text (1991) -
The pool is almost done, but the tenant stops paying rent.
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Are you the new tenant?
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Can you get tenants in there who can pay you money?
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Small properties attract small tenants, great big problems.
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You'll pay that rent or I'll find another tenant.
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So I think good landlords and good tenants are a marvellous thing.
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I'm the new tenant.
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The landlord decided to raise the rent for the tenant living in the apartment above.
Synonyms
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1.8
A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else
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7.0
A person who rents a house or flat from the owner
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6.3
A person who may live in or use a property for a set time and is not the owner
A person or company that pays to use property for a set time
A person who rents land, especially a farm, from the owner
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Etymology
Tenant comes from an old Latin verb tenere meaning 'to hold'. A tenant was originally 'one who holds' land or a house, so today the word means a person who rents and lives in a property.