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  • noun Plural form of tenant.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tenant.

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Examples

  • Farm tenants who do not habitually employ labor, or those whose mortgages are so heavy as practically to place them in the position of such tenants, are, for these reasons, undoubtedly accessible to Socialist ideas -- _as long as they remain farm tenants_.

    Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement William English Walling

  • Rearranging the furniture to baffle the tenants is all he has in mind with his forays at the start, but as the film moves forward his invasive excursions gradually grow in criminality.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004

  • "It is what we call a tenants market," said Mike Harrington, vice president and managing broker of CB Richard Ellis in Manchester.

    Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009

  • Like its rivals, Extra Space saw an exodus of longer-term tenants of seven to 10 years who ditched the storage facilities to save money.

    Storage REITs Enjoy a Boom A.D. Pruitt 2012

  • In this case, it helped that the space is fully leased with long-term tenants, including Nassau Community College and the corporate headquarters of Lifetime Brands Inc., whose brands include Mikasa and KitchenAid.

    Beauty of an Ugly Duckling Dawn Wotapka 2011

  • Some long-term tenants pay as little as 26 cents a square foot per month, or about $130 for a 500-square-foot studio —far below average in the city—while the average tenant pays about 81 cents a square foot per month.

    New Vision, Same Artists, for Hunters Point Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

  • Katherine FyfeExeter, Devon• Could the Institute of Public Policy Research explain why its report failed to address the issues of high rent and security of tenure for long-term tenants?

    Letters: Tenancy rights need a shakeup to protect 'generation rent' 2011

  • "Effective pop-ups deliver on the promise of 'here today, gone tomorrow,'" said Christina Norsig , the CEO and founder of popupinsider.com, which matches merchants looking to open pop-up stores with commercial landlords open to short-term tenants.

    Shaping Up at the Pop-Up Gabrielle Birkner 2011

  • Some long-term tenants pay as little as 26 cents a square foot per month, or about $130 for a 500-square-foot studio —far below average in the city—while the average tenant pays about 81 cents a square foot per month.

    New Vision, Same Artists, for Hunters Point Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011

  • Katherine FyfeExeter, Devon• Could the Institute of Public Policy Research explain why its report failed to address the issues of high rent and security of tenure for long-term tenants?

    Letters: Tenancy rights need a shakeup to protect 'generation rent' 2011

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