tenant

«tenant» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who pays rent to live in a house or flat, or to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tenant, tenants); verb (tenant, tenants, tenanted — rare, formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tenant is a person who pays rent to live in a house or flat, or to use land or a building, that belongs to someone else (the landlord). tree →

2) (law) Anyone who has the right to use a property for a time. tree →

3) (rare, formal) To tenant a place is to live in it as a tenant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday adult life families are either owners or tenants (renters); tenants pay rent each month to a landlord. In maths problems a tenant's rent is a regular payment to add up. In history and stories, tenant farmers worked land owned by a lord. Phrases: «tenant and landlord», «the previous tenants», «a tenant farmer», «tenants' rights».

examples

• We are tenants, so we pay rent to the landlord. tree →
• The new tenants moved in next door yesterday. tree →
• A tenant must look after the flat and pay the rent on time. tree →
• The landlord fixed the boiler for his tenants. tree →
• If a tenant pays four hundred pounds a month, how much is that in a year? tree →
• Long ago, tenant farmers gave part of their crops to the lord. tree →
• The shop is empty and needs a new tenant. tree →
• The shop itself he sold also, and easily found a tenant for his private house. tree →

note

Countable. Opposite: landlord (or landlady). In the USA people also say «renter». Do not confuse «tenant» with «tenet» (a belief or principle). Maths: rent per month × 12 = rent per year.

In the corpora

• Tenants who cannot get a repair done may complain more than once or ask the council for help.

Trees and pragmatics

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