Meaning

noun someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

noun a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

noun any occupant who dwells in a place

originFrom Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

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