tenancy

Lease-based dwelling period

Tenancy is the state of occupying property as a tenant, or the period during which one does so: The tenancy runs for twelve months.

The word covers both the legal arrangement and its duration.

A joint tenancy means multiple people share ownership rights; a tenancy at will can be ended by either party at any time.

rental

apartment

Rented unit in building

  • flatLacking vertical variation
  • housingDwellings or protective covering
  • propertySomething owned or inherent

letting · furnished · unfurnished · studio · utilities · deposit · accommodation · lodging · bedsit · room

occupancy

landlord

Property owner renting out

habitation · possession · residency · domicile · abode · inhabitant · cohabitation · household · licensee · occupier

agreement

lease

Temporary use contract

terms · duration · renewal · termination · deposit · obligations · subletting · amendment · signatories · arbitration

rights

eviction

Forced departure from rental

harassment · retaliatory · tribunal · dispute · protection · security · regulated · controlled · succession · assignment

temporary

sublet

Rent out rented space

hostel · lodger · sojourn · interim · Airbnb · relocation · pied-à-terre

duration

fixed-term

Having set endpoint

long-term · assured · protected · statutory · regulated · secure · lifetime · rolling · weekly · annual

Categories
Opposites
property relationship

tenancyownership

Legal right of possession

freehold · proprietorship · home ownership · property ownership · landlordship

occupancy status

tenancyvacancy

Unoccupied space or position

emptiness · abandonment · vacantness · disuse · void

Phrases
Family

tenant, tenants, tenanted, tenanting, tenancies, tenantless, subtenant, subtenants, cotenant

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