to tenant
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4.8
- verb
- /ˈtɛnənt/
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- In and out of forests rolled the car, beside orchards of gnarled black-leaved trees, past parks and manors, ruined stone walls, and villages in which only half the houses seemed tenanted.
Examples
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The building was renovated in 1981 and 1992 but was never tenanted.
Blog text (31) -
Records do not make clear whether the Rices owned or merely tenanted the farm, but they were responsible for the crop of apples grown there.
Fiction book (2001) -
HomeUnion offers these properties fully tenanted, along with property managers ready to stay on after the purchase.
Blog text (9) -
The properties involved were a combination of owner-occupied homes, privately rented, and council-tenanted dwellings.
Blog text (5) -
The Albert Road Clinic Consulting Suites is based within the hospital, and this space is tenanted by approximately 40 consultant psychiatrists who work either full-time or on a sessional basis in their private practice.
Blog text (13) -
Most had thoughtfully brought their own rations, but Telgar stinted no one, and anyone of consequence was accommodated in the portions of the great Hold that had not been tenanted since the last plague.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many families struggle to find affordable housing to tenant in during difficult economic times.
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The new apartment complex is expected to be fully tenanted by the end of the month.
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After signing the lease, they were excited to finally tenant their new home.
Synonyms
79
3.0
To live in a place or have a home there
75
3.5
To live in a place like a house or area
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3.3
Pay money to use property for a set time
Antonyms
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Etymology
Tenant as a verb comes from the same root tenere 'to hold', so to tenant a building is to 'hold' or occupy it — in other words, to live in or use it as a tenant.