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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act of being a tenant or occupant
Synonyms:
occupancy; tenancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tenancy" is a kind of...):
abidance; residence; residency (the act of dwelling in a place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tenancy"):
habitation; inhabitancy; inhabitation (the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men))
Derivation:
tenant (someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else)
tenant (any occupant who dwells in a place)
tenant (a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease))
