Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tenant
IPA transcription: [t'ɛnənt]
noun meaning of the word
  • 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.