tenant

(noun, verb)

noun

1. someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else

- the landlord can evict a tenant who doesn't pay the rent

Similar word(s): renter

Definition categories: person, payer, remunerator

2. a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)

Definition categories: person, holder

3. any occupant who dwells in a place

Definition categories: person, occupant, occupier, resident

verb

1. occupy as a tenant

Definition categories: social, dwell, inhabit, live, populate