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Meaning of 'tenant'
Meaning of 'tenant' (Webster Dictionary)
1. 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. [ n.]- One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
2. Tenant [ v. t.]
- To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'tenant' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. tenant [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
- someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
Example in sentence:
- the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent
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