tenant
1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else (Freq. 4) - the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent • Syn: renter • Derivationally related forms: rent (for: renter), tenancy • Hypernyms: payer, remunerator • Hyponyms: leaseholder, lessee, lodger, boarder, roomer 2. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) • Derivationally related forms: tenancy • Hypernyms: holder • Hyponyms: cotenant, life tenant, tenant farmer 3. any occupant who dwells in a place • Derivationally related forms: tenancy • Hypernyms: resident, occupant, occupier
occupy as a tenant • Derivationally related forms: tenantry • Hypernyms: populate, dwell, live, inhabit • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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