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tenant

🇬🇧 UK/'tenənt/🇺🇸 US/'tenәnt/
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Definitions

n.

A person who pays rent to use land, a building, or property owned by someone else.

租户;房客;佃户

v.

To occupy or inhabit a place as a tenant.

租用;居住于

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
tenhold, keep
+
antperforming, being in a state
=tenant

Common Collocations

  • 1.long-term tenant长期租户
  • 2.tenant rights租户权益
  • 3.evict a tenant驱逐租户
  • 4.prospective tenant潜在租客

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The landlord is required by law to give tenants at least one month's notice.

  • 2.

    As a long-term tenant, she had built a good relationship with the building manager.

  • 3.

    The new tenant moved in last weekend and has already introduced himself to the neighbors.

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