B2nounhomemoney
US/ˈten.ənt/
UK/ˈten.ənt/
a person who pays rent to live in a house or use land or a building
In context
The tenant must pay the rent on the first day of each month.
Our landlord is looking for a new tenant for the apartment downstairs.
Tenants have the right to a safe home with working heating.
Words that go with tenant
adjective + noun
- a new tenantA new tenant moves in next week.
- sitting tenantThe house comes with a sitting tenant.
verb + noun
- evict a tenantThe owner cannot evict a tenant without notice.
noun + noun
- landlord and tenantThe contract protects both landlord and tenant.
- tenant rightsTenant rights differ from country to country.
noun + preposition
- tenant ofHe is a tenant of the old farm.