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tenant

/ˈtɛ.nənt/ noun

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In Latin: inquilīnus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tenant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
  2. One who has possession of any place.
  3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
    multi-tenant hosting

verb

  1. To hold as, or be, a tenant.
  2. To inhabit.

noun

  1. Misconstruction of tenet.

Origin

From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

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