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tenacy

tenacy is the misspelling of tenancy.

Meaning of tenancy

Noun

tenancy (countable and uncountable, plural tenancies)

  1. Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.
    • Most gay people know oppresion as fear of losing a job, losing a tenancy or family ties.1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 14
    Synonyms:
    lease

Questions about tenacy

What is tenacy the misspelling of?
Tenacy is the misspelling of tenancy.

Words near tenacy in the dictionary

  1. tenacles
  2. tenacula
  3. tenacular
  4. tenaculum
  5. tenaculums
  6. tenacy
  7. Tenafly
  8. Tenaglia
  9. Tenaglias
  10. tenagophyte
  11. tenagophytes

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