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tenanted

tenanted

1 5.5
Lived in by people who pay rent
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɛnəntɪd/
: ocupado
  • The apartment building is fully tenanted with families and young professionals.

Examples

  • The landlord decided to allow pets in the tenanted units to attract more tenants.

  • After the renovations, the tenanted house became a popular choice for renters in the neighborhood.

  • And taxpayers in the community get a tenanted, improved property that doesn't sell for a period of years, lowering property turnover and permitting the market to recover.

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Synonyms

inhabited
vstenanted
28 2.9

A place where people or animals live

emphasizes that residents live there because they rent the property
occupied
vstenanted
12 2.8

A place like a house or flat where people live

specifies that the residents are renters rather than owners

Antonyms

vacant
110 2.6

Not occupied by anyone, for example a seat or job

unoccupied
13 3.4

Empty and not used by anyone

How Occupied

tenanted
1 5.5
vacant
110 2.6

Surface Forms

tenanted positive

Morphology

tenanted = tenant (transparent) = tenant + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation indicating that the property is occupied by tenants.

Etymology

The word tenanted comes from the old Latin root tenere meaning 'to hold', the same root you see in contain and in tenant, a person who 'holds' or lives in a place. So a tenanted property is one that is 'held' or occupied by tenants.