tenant

Pays monthly rent

A tenant is someone who occupies property owned by another, typically paying rent: The tenants complained about the heating.

The term applies to residential renters, commercial lessees, and agricultural occupants of farmland.

To tenant a place is to occupy it as a tenant.

The word extends metaphorically to any occupant: the current tenants of the White House.

legal

lease

Temporary use contract

court · contract · agreement · security deposit · arrears · default · unlawful detainer · dispossess · judgment · writ

occupancy

renter

One who pays for housing

lodger · boarder · subtenant · sublet · dwelling · unit · flat · apartment · rent · monthly

housing

roommate

One sharing living quarters

resident · inhabitant · neighbor · apartment · condominium · duplex · studio · room · dormitory · housing

computing

database

Organized digital information collection

  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • instanceSingle occurrence of something
  • isolationComplete separation from others

partition · SaaS · architecture · sandbox · namespace · containerization · microservice · provisioning · onboarding · subscription

Categories
Opposites
property ownership relationship

tenantlandlord

Property owner renting out

owner · landlady · property owner · proprietor · landowner

permanence of residence

tenanttransient

Temporary, soon departing

visitor · guest · tourist · vagabond · drifter

residency status

tenantnonresident

One dwelling elsewhere

absentee · exile · expatriate · evacuee · refugee

Phrases
Family

tenacious, lieutenant, tenant-in-chief, countenance, tenable, tenants, tenancy, tenanted, tenanting

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