tenant

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The law says such a guest could not eat holy food, which only the priest's own household could eat. In the primary 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

• There shall no common man eat of the holy thing; a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. (Torah LEV.22.10, JPS 1917) 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.