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tenant
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As a noun, tenant means one who holds a lease (a tenancy). As a verb, it means hold as, or be, a tenant.
Meanings of tenant
11 meaningsnoun
One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
One who has possession of any place.
computingAny of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
“multi-tenant hosting”
chiefly historicOne who holds a feudal tenure in real property.
property lawOne who owns real estate other than via allodial title.
Misconstruction of tenet
Someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone elseperson
“the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent”
Similar: renterA holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)person
Any occupant who dwells in a placeperson
verb
To hold as, or be, a tenant.
To inhabit.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).