tenancy

«tenancy» in Mova's school dictionary: The right to live in or use a house, flat, land or shop… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tenancy, tenancies)

meaning for a pupil

1) The right to live in or use a house, flat, land or shop that you rent from the owner. tree →

2) The time during which you rent a place: a six-month tenancy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a family rents a home under a tenancy agreement with a landlord. In maths problems a tenancy is rent per month × number of months. In formal language, «the tenancy ends» means the renting time ends.

examples

• They signed a one-year tenancy for the flat. tree →
• The tenancy agreement says no pets. tree →
• Rent is £600 a month, so a twelve-month tenancy costs £7,200. tree →
• Their tenancy ends at the end of the month. tree →
• The farmer has a tenancy on the land. tree →
• Read the tenancy carefully before you sign. tree →

note

The person who rents: tenant; the owner: landlord or landlady. Plural: tenancies (y → ies). Lease and tenancy are close; a lease is often for longer.

In the corpora

• Families move house for many reasons: a new job, more room, a cheaper rent, or because a tenancy ends.
• Renters sign a tenancy and pay a deposit that comes back if the home is left in good condition.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tenancy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.