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tenant
What does tenant mean?
tenant (noun): someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use tenant in a sentence?
- The landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce tenant?
/ˈtɛnənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Words related to tenant
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “tenant” mean?
someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
Right! That's what “tenant” means.
an outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures
Not quite: that's what camp means.
an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs
Not quite: that's what bank means.
the part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm
Not quite: that's what afternoon means.
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