1
as in lessee
one who rents a room or apartment in another's house
the laundry in the basement is for tenants only
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as in occupant
one who lives permanently in a place
the abandoned warehouse's only tenants are a band of squatters
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Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2024
Instead of living in a public housing project, a tenant could now use a voucher to rent a modest home from a private landlord anywhere in their city.
—Lucy Tompkins, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Curbed, 23 June 2022
Still, landlords are including concessions to get deals, offering abatements and tenant improvement allowances.
—Natalie Wong, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
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Noun
The foreclosure notice ran in early July in the pages of the St. Paul Legal Ledger, not the typical nightly reading material for most tenants of downtown St. Paul’s Lowry Apartments.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2024
Instead of living in a public housing project, a tenant could now use a voucher to rent a modest home from a private landlord anywhere in their city.
—Lucy Tompkins, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
The problem is that the board’s increases, whether minimal or substantial, aren’t pegged to tenant incomes in any way.
—Curbed, 23 June 2022
Still, landlords are including concessions to get deals, offering abatements and tenant improvement allowances.
—Natalie Wong, Bloomberg.com, 30 Mar. 2022
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“Tenant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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