tenant
gb/tˈɛnənt/ us/tˈɛnənt/
A2
Anglais
~ 2100
Sens
0 sens
Nom
A2
entity
1
Person who rents property
A person who pays to live in or use a place owned by someone else.
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] is a tenant of [a property]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse 'tenant' with 'tenet', which means a principle or belief.
Synonymes
renter (More informal and common in everyday speech, especially in American English.)
|
lessee (More formal and legal term used in contracts.)
Antonymes
landlord (The owner of the property who rents it out to tenants.)
Collocations
tenant rights
|tenant agreement
|tenant eviction
|tenant responsibilities
|long-term tenant
Thèmes
housing
|law
|daily life
|daily_life
Exemples
- The tenant reported a leak in the bathroom to the landlord.
- Each tenant must pay rent on the first of the month.
- The building has twelve tenants, most of whom have lived there for years.
- The tenant signed a one-year lease for the apartment.
- Tenants are responsible for keeping their units clean.
Exemples pédagogiques
- The tenant lives in a small flat.
- Our new tenant moved in last week.
- The tenant pays rent every month.
- She is a good tenant and takes care of the house.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
tenant
API
GB/tˈɛnənt/
US/tˈɛnənt/
Syllabes et accentuation
ten - ant (2 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (ten)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: tenant
- Plural: tenants
Famille de mots
Forms
tenants
noun
Core family
tenancy
noun
Related words
Advanced or less common
tenanted
adjective
Expressions
sitting tenant
1/sˈɪtɪŋ tˈɛnənt/
fixed phrase
Current tenant of a property
A person who is renting and living in a place at the present time.
Exemples
- The house is being sold with a sitting tenant, so the new owner must honor the lease.
- Buying a property with a sitting tenant can limit your immediate use of it.
tenant farmer
1/tˈɛnənt fˈɑɹmɚ/
fixed phrase
Farmer who rents land
A farmer who works on land that they rent from someone else.
Exemples
- Her grandfather was a tenant farmer for most of his life.
- Tenant farmers often had to give part of their crop as rent.