noun
- a person who pays rent to occupy land, a building, or part of a building owned by someone else
verb
- to occupy as a tenant
Usage: formal
Examples
- The tenant complained about the broken heating system.
- She has been a reliable tenant for three years.
- The landlord is looking for new tenants for the apartment.
- Commercial tenants must follow different lease agreements.
- The building is tenanted by several small businesses.
- They decided to tenant the property rather than buy it.