| 单词 | tenant |
| 释义 | tenant (once / 342 pages) nv A tenant is someone who lives in a place owned by someone else, usually paying rent. If you blast your music and let the cat pee in the corner, your landlord will not think that you're a very good tenant. Tenant is often used to mean "renter," but it can mean anyone who has the right to live in a particular place, either because he signed a lease, which is a rental agreement, because he owns the land, or because government gave him a title to it. If you live in a big apartment building, you should be aware of your rights as a tenant, which usually include things like having heat in the winter and proper fire escapes. WORD FAMILYtenant: tenancy, tenanted, tenanting, tenantry, tenants+/tenancy: tenancies/tenanted: untenanted/tenantry: tenantries USAGE EXAMPLESThe bad news for landlords is good news for tenants. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Detroit police spokesman Dan Donakowski says tenants of the home told officers they never entered the garage because the landlord prohibited it. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) It aims to secure tenants, including community and cultural organizations, to renovate and use about 30 military buildings. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper renter leaseholder, lessee a tenant who holds a lease boarder, lodger, roomera tenant in someone's house payer, remunerator a person who pays money for something 2n a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease) Hypo|Hyper cotenant one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property life tenanta tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live tenant farmera farmer who works land owned by someone else holder a person who holds something 3n any occupant who dwells in a place Hyper occupant, occupier, resident someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there 4v occupy as a tenant Hyper dwell, inhabit, live, populate inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of |
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