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单词 under-tenant
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under-tenantn.

Brit. /ˌʌndəˈtɛnənt/, /ˈʌndəˌtɛnənt/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌtɛnənt/
Etymology: under- prefix1 3a(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunder-ˌtenant.
A tenant holding land or premises from another tenant; a subtenant.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by subtenure
subtenant1445
under-tenant1546
tenant paravail1579
underholder1605
arrière tenant1843
1546 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 185 Yf the undertenant be honest.
1582 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 422 Undertenants commonly called inmakes.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 276 To settle and secure the Vnder-Tennants; to the end, there might be a repose and establishment of euery Subiects Estate; Lord & Tenant.
1666 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 23 The said Henry and his undertenants had been in peaceable possession thereof for four yeares.
1704 London Gaz. No. 3990/4 The Manor of Lizard,..in the Possession of George Caning Esq., or his Under-Tenants.
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. viii. 123 A third incident to estates for life relates to the under-tenants or lessees.
1809 M. Edgeworth Ennui v, in Tales Fashionable Life I. 104 These fellows..live in idleness, whilst they rack a parcel of wretched under-tenants.
1872 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1878) II. 556 He had no intention that the under~tenant should be protected against himself.
in extended use.1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. v. 72 They..exalted him to a level with the under tenants of Olympus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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