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tenants

tenants is the plural of tenant.

tenants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tenant.

Meaning of tenant

Noun

tenant (plural tenants)

  1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
    • Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place.a. 1945, Arthur Morrison, The Thing in the Upper Room
  2. (broadly) One who has possession of any place.
    • sweet tenants of this grovec. 1782-1783, William Cowper, Joy in Martyrdom
    Synonyms:
    dweller, occupant
  3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
    • multi-tenant hosting
  4. (historical) One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.
  5. (broadly) One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

See all 8 meanings of tenant

Proper noun capitalized: Tenants

Tenants

  1. (plural) plural of Tenant

Phrases with tenants

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Questions about tenants

What is tenants the plural of?
Tenants is the plural of tenant.
What part of speech is tenants?
Tenants is a proper noun.

Words near tenants in the dictionary

  1. tenantlike
  2. tenantries
  3. tenantry
  4. tenantry acre
  5. tenantry acres
  6. tenants
  7. tenants at will
  8. Tenants Harbor
  9. tenants in common
  10. tenants-in-chief
  11. tenantship

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