sitting tenantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌsɪt.ɪŋ ˈten.ənt/us/ˌsɪt̬.ɪŋ ˈten.ənt/UKa person with a legal right to stay in a property that they are renting:
We can't sell the house because we can't get rid of the sitting tenants.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Renting property
- fiefdom
- freehold
- key money
- landlady
- landlord
- lease
- leaseback
- leaseholder
- lessee
- lessor
- letting
- lodger
- rent
- rent strike
- rental
- rented
- renter
- shorthold
- sublet
- tenant
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