Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Possession or occupancy of lands, buildings, or other property by title, under a lease, or on payment of rent.
- noun The period of a tenant's occupancy or possession.
- noun A habitation held or occupied by a tenant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In low: A holding by private ownership; estate; tenure: as. tenancy in fee simple; tenancy in tail.
- noun A habitation or dwelling-place held of another.
- noun The period during which lands or tenements are held or occupied by a tenant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
occupancy ofproperty etc, under alease , or by payingrent . - noun The
period of occupancy by atenant . - noun The property occupied by a tenant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an act of being a tenant or occupant
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Examples
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Now, it's clicking off the name tenancy threshold, but we have made huge progress, and again, when you think about being sub 50% a year ago and about 80% a year later and double the NOI, this thing is heading in the right direction.
unknown title 2012
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If multi-tenancy is not an option, then public cloud computing gets reduced to a mere outsourcing of facilities and operations.
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Two cabinet members among those on record opposing fixed-term tenancy plans
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"The location, long-term tenancy and contractual rent increases are especially appealing to foreign buyers and institutional investors," says Arthur Milston, managing director at Savills US, a real estate advisory firm and investment bank.
Tower Deal Could Test Prime Sites Laura Kusisto 2011
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Though her father had denied the pigeons their penthouse by boarding up the broken window, their long-term tenancy had left the place in an unimaginably filthy state.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Though her father had denied the pigeons their penthouse by boarding up the broken window, their long-term tenancy had left the place in an unimaginably filthy state.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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But it is hard to see how shorter term tenancy would hoist people up the social scale.
Tinkering with tenancy is no solution to the housing shortage 2010
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Uncle Quokka suggested short term tenancy for backpackers.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Gadzooks! Gigolos in the Bounders Club! 2010
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"Unless I can see something that has some medium to long-term tenancy, I may well not support anyone," he said in an interview.
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The new short-term tenancy lasting a minimum of two years will not apply to existing tenancies in social housing.
Simon Hughes faces dilemma as coalition tries to end social housing Patrick Wintour 2010
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