tenant

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noun

ten·ant ˈte-nənt How to pronounce tenant (audio)

: one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another

specifically : one who rents or leases a dwelling (such as a house) from a landlord

: one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right

: occupant, dweller

tenantless

ˈte-nənt-ləs How to pronounce tenant (audio)

adjective

tenant

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verb

tenanted; tenanting; tenants

transitive verb

: to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant : inhabit

tenantable

ˈte-nən-tə-bəl How to pronounce tenant (audio)

adjective

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Tenets vs. Tenants

Thanks to its confusingly similar pronunciation, tenant (“occupant, land-holder”) is sometimes erroneously used in place of tenet (“principle, doctrine”). Consider this example:

One of the ancient tenants of the Buddist [sic] belief is, “He who sits still, wins” –Police, January/February 1968

You will probably never make the opposite mistake (that is, substitute tenet for tenant), but if you think you might, remember that tenant and occupant both end in -ant.

Example Sentences

Noun A tenant is now leasing the apartment. the laundry in the basement is for tenants only

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In July, a Phoenix constable shot and killed a tenant while serving a notice.

Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 With landlords typically requiring a tenant to earn 40 times the monthly rent in a year, that would allow those teachers to spend up to $1,679/month in an area where 1-bedroom apartments on average go for approximately $3,000/month.

Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 First, an attacker needs to set up a Microsoft cloud account, known as a tenant, and set it to have admin controls over any machines that are assigned to it.

WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022 Rent control protections and AB 1482 also don’t prevent California landlords from hiking up rental prices once a previous tenant moves out.

Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 That day, a tenant at a Minneapolis apartment complex complained about a leak, according to a criminal complaint.

María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Multiple outlets report Martinez was attempting to serve an eviction notice to a tenant at a downtown Tucson, Ariz., apartment complex just after 11 a.m.

Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 The owner of 2nd Bridge told Strano that a food-industry tenant had outgrown their space and announced plans to move to a larger facility.

Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2022 The landlord-sympathetic view is that taxes are so high if these buildings are left empty that owners can’t hang around waiting for a better-quality tenant.

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2022

Verb

Still, landlords are including concessions to get deals, offering abatements and tenant improvement allowances.

Natalie Wong, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022 With that deadline fast approaching and politicians so far unresponsive to tenant advocates’ calls for another extension, renters and small landlords report widespread confusion and fear about falling through the cracks.

Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2022 Should cities such as San Francisco give legal recognition to tenant unions?

Will Parker, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022 By 2020, similar units at the complex rented for approximately $1,200 per month, according to leases and tenant payment records reviewed by The Post.

Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022 Those left out Sylvia Kuster and her husband Skip currently lease most of their nearly 400-acre property to tenant farmers.

cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2021 Penney has moved out of the buildings, leaving the offices currently 13% leased to tenant NTT Data.

Steve Brown, Dallas News, 27 May 2021 The big shipping hub is fully leased to tenant Petmate, an online pet supply company owned by Doskocil Manufacturing.

Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020 The city got behind these efforts, transferring the title of dozens of buildings to tenant organizations that created co-ops.

Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tenaunt, tenant, borrowed from Anglo-French, "holder (of land under various circumstances)," noun derivative from present participle of tenir "to hold, have possession of," going back (with conjugation change) to Latin tenēre "to hold, occupy, possess," probably derivative, with the stative suffix *-h₁i̯é- (with zero-grade ablaut) of the Indo-European verbal base *ten- "stretch, extend," whence, from a present-tense derivative *tn̥-neu̯/nu-, Sanskrit tanóti "(it) extends, spreads, endures," Greek tánytai "(s/he) stretches, extends, bends (a bow)," Welsh tannu, tanu "to spread, extend"; from a causative derivative *ton-éi̯e-, Sanskrit -tānayati "(it) extends," Germanic *þanjan- "to stretch" (whence Old English þennan "to stretch," Old Saxon thennian, Old High German dennen, Old Norse þenja, Gothic ufþanjan "to overextend"); from a present-tense derivative *ten-i̯e-, Greek teínein "to stretch, extend, spread, aim at," with verbal adjective tatós, action noun tásis, both from zero-grade *tn̥-t-

Note: This explanation of Latin tenēre is conventional, though the shift of sense (from "stretch, extend" to "extend the arm" to "grasp, hold"?) is not paralleled in other languages. Latin has no outcome of the Indo-European verb-stem formatives based on *ten- attested in other families (shown in the etymology above), having replaced *ten- in transitive/telic functions with the base *tend- (see tender entry 3). Derivatives with the stative suffix *-h₁i̯é- regularly take zero-grade ablaut, which may be reflected in tenēre, though it could equally reflect full-grade *ten-. It is claimed that Umbrian tenitu (3rd singular imperative), apparently a counterpart within Italic to Latin tenēre, must reflect *ten- (apparently on the assumption that zero grade would result in *tan-; see Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Leiden, 2008).

Verb

derivative of tenant entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Verb

1634, in the meaning defined above

单词	tenant
释义	tenant 1 of 2 noun ten·ant ˈte-nənt 1 a : one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another specifically : one who rents or leases a dwelling (such as a house) from a landlord b : one who holds or possesses real estate or sometimes personal property (such as a security) by any kind of right 2 : occupant, dweller tenantless ˈte-nənt-ləs adjective tenant 2 of 2 verb tenanted; tenanting; tenants transitive verb : to hold or occupy as or as if as a tenant : inhabit tenantable ˈte-nən-tə-bəl adjective Did you know? Tenets vs. Tenants Thanks to its confusingly similar pronunciation, tenant (“occupant, land-holder”) is sometimes erroneously used in place of tenet (“principle, doctrine”). Consider this example: One of the ancient tenants of the Buddist [sic] belief is, “He who sits still, wins” –Police, January/February 1968 You will probably never make the opposite mistake (that is, substitute tenet for tenant), but if you think you might, remember that tenant and occupant both end in -ant. Synonyms Noun boarder lessee lodger renter roomer See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun A tenant is now leasing the apartment. the laundry in the basement is for tenants only Recent Examples on the Web Noun In July, a Phoenix constable shot and killed a tenant while serving a notice. Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 With landlords typically requiring a tenant to earn 40 times the monthly rent in a year, that would allow those teachers to spend up to $1,679/month in an area where 1-bedroom apartments on average go for approximately $3,000/month. Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022 First, an attacker needs to set up a Microsoft cloud account, known as a tenant, and set it to have admin controls over any machines that are assigned to it. WIRED, 4 Sep. 2022 Rent control protections and AB 1482 also don’t prevent California landlords from hiking up rental prices once a previous tenant moves out. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 That day, a tenant at a Minneapolis apartment complex complained about a leak, according to a criminal complaint. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Multiple outlets report Martinez was attempting to serve an eviction notice to a tenant at a downtown Tucson, Ariz., apartment complex just after 11 a.m. Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022 The owner of 2nd Bridge told Strano that a food-industry tenant had outgrown their space and announced plans to move to a larger facility. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2022 The landlord-sympathetic view is that taxes are so high if these buildings are left empty that owners can’t hang around waiting for a better-quality tenant. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2022 Verb Still, landlords are including concessions to get deals, offering abatements and tenant improvement allowances. Natalie Wong, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022 With that deadline fast approaching and politicians so far unresponsive to tenant advocates’ calls for another extension, renters and small landlords report widespread confusion and fear about falling through the cracks. Lauren Hepler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2022 Should cities such as San Francisco give legal recognition to tenant unions? Will Parker, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022 By 2020, similar units at the complex rented for approximately $1,200 per month, according to leases and tenant payment records reviewed by The Post. Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022 Those left out Sylvia Kuster and her husband Skip currently lease most of their nearly 400-acre property to tenant farmers. cincinnati.com, 16 Sep. 2021 Penney has moved out of the buildings, leaving the offices currently 13% leased to tenant NTT Data. Steve Brown, Dallas News, 27 May 2021 The big shipping hub is fully leased to tenant Petmate, an online pet supply company owned by Doskocil Manufacturing. Steve Brown, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020 The city got behind these efforts, transferring the title of dozens of buildings to tenant organizations that created co-ops. Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English tenaunt, tenant, borrowed from Anglo-French, "holder (of land under various circumstances)," noun derivative from present participle of tenir "to hold, have possession of," going back (with conjugation change) to Latin tenēre "to hold, occupy, possess," probably derivative, with the stative suffix -h₁i̯é- (with zero-grade ablaut) of the Indo-European verbal base ten- "stretch, extend," whence, from a present-tense derivative tn̥-neu̯/nu-, Sanskrit tanóti* "(it) extends, spreads, endures," Greek tánytai "(s/he) stretches, extends, bends (a bow)," Welsh tannu, tanu "to spread, extend"; from a causative derivative ton-éi̯e-, Sanskrit -tānayati* "(it) extends," Germanic þanjan- "to stretch" (whence Old English þennan* "to stretch," Old Saxon thennian, Old High German dennen, Old Norse þenja, Gothic ufþanjan "to overextend"); from a present-tense derivative ten-i̯e-, Greek teínein* "to stretch, extend, spread, aim at," with verbal adjective tatós, action noun tásis, both from zero-grade tn̥-t- Note: This explanation of Latin tenēre* is conventional, though the shift of sense (from "stretch, extend" to "extend the arm" to "grasp, hold"?) is not paralleled in other languages. Latin has no outcome of the Indo-European verb-stem formatives based on ten- attested in other families (shown in the etymology above), having replaced ten- in transitive/telic functions with the base tend- (see tender entry 3). Derivatives with the stative suffix -h₁i̯é- regularly take zero-grade ablaut, which may be reflected in tenēre, though it could equally reflect full-grade ten-. It is claimed that Umbrian tenitu* (3rd singular imperative), apparently a counterpart within Italic to Latin tenēre, must reflect ten- (apparently on the assumption that zero grade would result in tan-; see Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Leiden, 2008). Verb derivative of tenant entry 1 First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b Verb 1634, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing tenant sitting tenant tenant farmer se tenant co-tenant sitting tenant tenant farmer se tenant co-tenant Kids Definition tenant 1 of 2 noun ten·ant ˈte-nənt : a person or business that rents property from its owner tenant 2 of 2 verb tenanted; tenanting : to hold or live in as a renter Legal Definition tenant noun ten·ant ˈte-nənt : one who holds or possesses property by any kind of right : one who holds a tenancy in property specifically : one who possesses property in exchange for payment of rent see also lessee compare tenancy History and Etymology for tenant Anglo-French, from Old French, from present participle of tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre tenant 1 of 2 noun 1 as in lessee one who rents a room or apartment in another's house the laundry in the basement is for tenants only Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lessee renter lodger visitor subtenant resident roommate occupant cotenant guest roomer boarder occupier flatmate resider roomie Antonyms & Near Antonyms landlord lessor letter landowner proprietor landlady landholder laird proprietor host slumlord innkeeper See More 2 as in occupant one who lives permanently in a place the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters Synonyms & Similar Words occupant resident inhabitant resider inhabiter citizen dweller habitant native denizen cohabitant aborigine coresident national émigré migrant colonist newcomer settler burgher local townsman emigré villager subject localite towny townie townee Antonyms & Near Antonyms visitor guest transient foreigner alien tourist nonresident refugee expatriate emigrant exile evacuee escaper defector See More tenant 2 of 2 verb as in to lease Synonyms & Similar Words lease rent sublet people occupy populate frequent haunt inhabit cohabit live stay lodge visit hang (at) reside dwell abide settle
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