tenant

US: /ˈtɛnənt/
UK: /tˈɛnənt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


tenant /'tenənt/
  • danh từ
    • người thuê mướn (nhà, đất...)
    • tá điền
    • người ở, người chiếm cứ
    • ngoại động từ
      • thuê (nhà, đất)
      • ở, ở thuê

    Advanced English dictionary


    noun, verb
    + noun
    a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it: They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. + The decorating was done by a previous tenant. + tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms)
    + verb [VN] [usually passive] to live or work in a place as a tenant: a tenanted farm

    Thesaurus dictionary


    n.
    occupant, lessee, renter, leaseholder, occupier, resident, inhabitant:
    We could not redecorate the premises while the tenants were there.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADJ.

    current, existing, sitting
    the sale of council houses to sitting tenants
    | life | protected, secure | joint | potential, prospective | business, council, council-house, housing association, local authority, private

    VERB + TENANT

    find | evict

    TENANT + VERB

    occupy sth
    The property is currently occupied by a life tenant.

    TENANT + NOUN

    farmer

    PHRASES

    landlord and tenant
    conflicts that might arise between landlord and tenant


    Concise English dictionary


    tenants|tenanted|tenanting'tenənt
    noun
    +someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else
    +a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
    +any occupant who dwells in a place
    verb
    +occupy as a tenant