1. Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
   "the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent"
   - renter 
2. A holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) 
3. Any occupant who dwells in a place

1. Occupy as a tenant

Derived forms: tenants, tenanting, tenanted

See also: tenancy, tenantry

Type of: dwell, holder, inhabit, live, occupant, occupier, payer, payor, populate, remunerator, resident

Encyclopedia: Tenant

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