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tenant

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˈtɛnənt/

Forms: tenants

tenant means: Someone who pays to live in or use a building or land owned by someone else.

noun

RENTERB2

Someone who pays to live in or use a building or land owned by someone else.

  • The tenant pays rent monthly.
  • Our landlord found new tenants.
  • Each tenant signed a separate agreement.

Similar words: renter, leaseholder

Common phrases: new tenant, tenant rights, a tenant of

SOFTWARE CUSTOMERC1

A customer or customer organization that uses a shared software system while keeping its own data separate.

  • Each tenant has separate data.
  • The platform supports thousands of tenants.
  • An administrator created a new tenant for our company.

Common phrases: new tenant, tenant data, tenant account

OCCUPANTC2

A person or creature that lives in or occupies a place.

  • Birds were the tenants of the grove.
  • The old tower had a single feathered tenant.
  • Its tiny tenants emerged from their nests at dawn.

Similar words: occupant, inhabitant

Common phrases: tenants of something, forest tenant

verb

OCCUPY RENTED PROPERTYC2

To live in or use a building or land as someone who rents it.

  • One family tenants the farmhouse.
  • They tenanted the land for many years.
  • The building is tenanted by a small charity.

Similar words: rent, occupy

Common phrases: tenant a house, tenant a farm

Questions about tenant

What does tenant mean?

Someone who pays to live in or use a building or land owned by someone else.

What is tenant in other languages?

Türkçe: kiracı · Español: inquilino · Français: locataire · Deutsch: Mieter · Italiano: inquilino · 日本語: 借主

How do you pronounce tenant?

It is pronounced /ˈtɛnənt/.

How do you use tenant in a sentence?

The tenant pays rent monthly. Our landlord found new tenants.

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