tenant

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01. One of the [tenants] in the apartment block beside ours caused a fire that destroyed the entire building.
02. The [tenants] in the building are complaining that the landlord is taking too long to make repairs.
03. The new [tenants] of apartment 604 seem really friendly.
04. The Residential [Tenancy] Act requires you to give at least 60 days' notice before moving out of your apartment.
05. The [tenants] in the apartment below us were kicked out for not paying their rent.
06. The owner of the house evicted the [tenants] for non-payment of rent.
07. Morgan will take over [tenancy] of the farm when his father dies.
08. Make sure you read the [tenancy] agreement closely before signing anything.
09. [Tenants] of the building must pay one month's rent as a damage deposit, which will be refunded when they move out if the apartment is clean and in good shape.
10. We are having a party, and are inviting all the [tenants] of the apartment building so that everyone can get to know each other.
11. We don't own this house; we are just the [tenants]. The owner lives in Baton Rouge.
12. We are having some problems with a few of the [tenants] in one of our rental properties. They are having loud parties, and bothering the other [tenants].
13. Rose Elizabeth Bird once said, "We have probed the Earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it. That does not fit my definition of a good [tenant]. If we were here on a month-to-month basis, we would have been evicted long ago."
14. The [tenants] in the apartment beside us have been screaming and fighting a lot. I think we need to talk to the landlord about it.
15. Under Ethiopia's land system, the government owns all land, and provides long-term leases to the [tenants].

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  • tenant — ten·ant / te nənt/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from present participle of tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]: one who holds or possesses property by any kind of right: one who holds a tenancy in property; specif: one who possesses property… …   Law dictionary

  • tenant — tenant, ante (te nan, nan t ) adj. 1°   Qui tient ; usité dans très peu de locutions. Séance tenante, dans le cours de la séance.    Je vous remercie, mais rancune tenante, c est à dire sans renoncer à ma rancune.    Anciennement, les plaids… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Tenant — Ten ant, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tenant — Tenant, Tantost signifie un homme chiche, Tenax. Tantost le limite par flanc, soit d un champ, soit d une maison, dont l opposite est Abboutissant, qui est le limite par front. Selon cette signification on dit, Bailler la declaration d un… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • tenant — TENÁNT, Ă adj. (Herald (heraldic).; despre figuri antropomorfe sau zoomorfe) Care susţine scutul cu stema propriu zisă. [< fr. tenant]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN  TENÁNT s. m. 1. (herald.) figură antropomorfă sau zoomorfă… …   Dicționar Român

  • tenant — [ten′ənt] n. [ME tenaunt < OFr tenant, orig. prp. of tenir, to hold < L tenere, to hold < IE base * ten , to pull, stretch > THIN] 1. a person who pays rent to occupy or use land, a building, etc. 2. an occupant of or dweller in a… …   English World dictionary

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  • Tenant — Porté en Limousin, en Périgord et dans le Lyonnais, correspond à l ancien français tenant (occitan tenent ), sans doute avec le sens de tenancier (autre sens possible : avare). Variante : Tenand (01) …   Noms de famille

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