tenant

🇺🇸 /ˈtenənt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtenənt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C2
noun
C1

A person who pays to use a room, building, or land owned by someone else.

The tenant pays rent to the landlord every month.

verb
R

To live or work in a place by paying rent.

The building is tenanted by several small businesses.

translation

n. A person who pays to use a room, building, or land owned by someone else.
v. To live or work in a place by paying rent.

Word Forms

3rd Present tenants
Past tenanted
Perfect tenanted
Progressive tenanting
Plural tenants