A tenant is someone who pays rent for the use of a property, such as a house, room, or land, and is the opposite of a landlord. The term can also function as a verb, usually in the passive voice, to describe occupying or using a place as a tenant.
Tenant is a person who pays rent for a place to live or use.
It can refer to someone renting a house, a room, or land, and is the opposite of a landlord. The word can also be used as a verb, typically in the passive voice, meaning to occupy or use a place as a tenant.
；承租人；租户；房客 A tenant is someone who pays rent for the place they live in, or for land or buildings that they use.
Regulations placed clear obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant...
为维护房客的利益，条例明确规定了房东负有的各项义务。
Landowners frequently left the management of their estates to tenant farmers.
地主们经常将土地的管理交给佃农。
Oxford
ten·ant/ˈtenənt; NAmEˈtenənt/
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tenanttenantstenantedtenantingnouna person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it 房客；租户；佃户◆They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent.他们赶走了未交房租的房客。◆The decorating was done by a previous tenant.装修是一位前房客搞的。◆tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms)佃农☞collocationsat
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verb[usually passive ]tenantsth to live or work in a place as a tenant（作为租赁者）居住，工作◆a tenanted farm租种的农场ten·ant/ˈtenənt; NAmEˈtenənt/
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tenantten‧ant /ˈtenənt/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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someone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it → landlord: The desk was left by the previous tenant.
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tenant
[ˈtenənt]tenanted, tenanting, tenants
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tenants[2924]
房客(48%)，承租人(21%)，租赁(13%)，佃户(13%)，租借(5%)
n.承租人；房客；佃户；居住者
vt.租借（常用于被动语态）
n.(Tenant)人名；(法)特南
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