Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of two or more tenants sharing property.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tenant in common with another or others; a joint tenant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun property law A person who shares a tenancy with another; a co-owner of an interest in property.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From co- + tenant.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cotenant.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.