noun. One that pays rent to use or occupy land, a building, or other property owned by another.

noun. A dweller in a place; an occupant.

transitive & intransitive verb . To hold as a tenant or be a tenant.

A corruption of tenon.

noun. In law: A person who holds real property by private ownership, by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will.

noun. More specifically, one who holds under a superior owner, as a lessee or occupant for rent: used thus as correlative to landlord.

noun. A defendant in a real action. See action, 8 .

noun. One who has possession of anyplace; a dweller; an occupant.

noun. In heraldry, same as supporter.

To hold or possess as a tenant; occupy.

To let out to tenants.

To live as a tenant; dwell.

transitive verb. To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.

noun. One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under tenement, 2.

noun. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.

noun. by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession.

noun. undefined

noun. See under Common.

noun. One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.

verb. To hold as, or be, a tenant.

verb. occupy as a tenant

noun. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

noun. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

noun. any occupant who dwells in a place

"_In theory_, the tenant in chief could not sell his land; he could sublet it to a _mesne tenant_, who stood to himself precisely in the same relation as he -- the tenant _in capite_ -- stood to the sovereign, the mesne tenant in his turn being bound to render certain _services_ to his over lord, and liable to forfeit his _lease_ -- for in theory it was that -- if certain contingencies happened."

chief tenant  cottier tenant  customary tenant  kindly tenant  landlord and tenant act  

tenant in chief  

tenure‎  

tenancy  tenanted  tenanting  tenantless  tenantry  

dwell  inhabit  live  occupant  occupier  

lieutenant  pennant  

citizen  customer  employee  employer  estate  

abide  addressee  artist-in-residence  berth  board-and-roomer  

tenement  

tenanted  tenanting  tenants