Definition of tenant Tenant

/tɛˈnʌnt/ - [tenunt] - ten•ant

We found 14 definitions of tenant from 6 different sources.

What does tenant mean?

Noun Plural: tenants
tenant - someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else; "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
		renter
		payer, remunerator a person who pays money for something
		leaseholder, lessee a tenant who holds a lease
tenant - a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
		holder a holding device; "a towel holder"; "a cigarette holder"; "an umbrella holder"
		cotenant one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
		life tenant a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
tenant - any occupant who dwells in a place
		occupant, occupier, resident a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
Verb tenants, tenanting, tenanted
tenant - occupy as a tenant
		populate, inhabit, dwell, live fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"

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tenant (Noun)
One who pays a fee rent in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
tenant (Noun)
An occupant.
tenant (Noun)
One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
tenant (Verb)
To hold as, or be, a tenant.

tenant (n.)
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.
tenant (n.)
One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
tenant (v. t.)
To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

tenant
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

tenant
ten′ant, n. one who holds or possesses land or property under another, the payments and services which he owes to his superior constituting his tenure: one who has, on certain conditions, temporary possession of any place, an occupant.—v.t. to hold as a tenant.—n. Ten′ancy, a holding by private ownership: a temporary holding of land or property by a tenant.—adj. Ten′antable, fit to be tenanted: in a state of repair suitable for a tenant.—n. Ten′ant-farm′er, a farmer who rents a farm from the landlord.—adj. Ten′antless, without a tenant.—ns.

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tenant in sign language