1. renter of property: somebody who rents a building, house, apartment, plot of land, or piece of property for a fixed period of time. This arrangement is usually under the terms of a lease or a similar legal entitlement or agreement.
2. occupier of place: somebody living in or on a property
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participleten·ant·ed, present participleten·ant·ing, 3rd person present singularten·ants)
Definition:
pay rent to occupy property: to live in or on somebody else's property as a tenant
[14th century. < Anglo-Norman tenaunt, Old French tenant< tenir "to hold" < Latin tenere "hold, keep"]
ten·ant·a·ble adjective
ten·ant·ed adjective
ten·ant·less adjective
Word History
The Latin word tenere "to hold, keep," from which tenant is derived, is also the source ofEnglishabstain,contain,continent1,continue,countenance,detain,maintain,obtain,retain,sustain,tenacious,tenement,tenet,tennis,tenon,tenor, andtenure.
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