Synonyms:
tenant, renter
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
tenant
Meaning: occupy as a tenant
Usage examples
I found the tenant.
The house was as yet without a tenant.
Luckily, Mr. Thornton found a tenant for it.
Land was granted to the tenant or serf in return for services.
It is a fear of nothing mortal, but of the immortal tenant of this body.
It was not hard to hold the tenant to his contract to keep the land in about the same condition.
The difficulty of getting an equitable arrangement between landlord and tenant is recognized by all.
When the lease expired, the landlord could appropriate all the improvements that the tenant had made.
If, after a time, the value of the use is greater than the contract rent, the tenant is fortunate in having his lease.
Conall Yellowclaw was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. There was at that time a king over every fifth of Erin.