tenant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ten·ant /ˈtenənt/ noun [countable] LIVE SOMEWHEREsomeone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it 房客，租户 → landlord The desk was left by the previous tenant. 书桌是上一个房客留下来的。

Examples from the Corpus

tenant• Tenants are not allowed to keep pets.• Have you found any tenants for your house yet?• Some scepticism has been expressed by tenants as to whether independently judged rents will be significantly lower than those asked by brewers.• Mrs Bujok and her family occupied a house as council tenants.• This also applies to owners taking over responsibility from defaulting tenants, and finance houses taking back property from mortgagors.• Arrears are phenomenal in most authorities, a function of both the impoverishment of tenants and of their rebellion.• Furthermore, the current state of the property market encourages landowners and both existing and prospective tenants to strike complex deals.• The tenants were drawn up in rows on the pier.• Twelve tenants of the Lockwood housing complex are taking part in the lawsuit against their landlord.• When tenants were finally given a vote, they all turned down the idea.From Longman Business Dictionarytenantten‧ant /ˈtenənt/ noun [countable]LAWPROPERTY a person or organization that pays rent in order to live or work in a house, room, office etcThe building is mainly occupied by large commercial tenants. → anchor tenant → life tenant → prime tenant → sitting tenant → statutory tenant → see also subtenantOrigin tenant (1300-1400) Old French present participle of tenir “to hold”, from Latin tenere; → TENACIOUS

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tenant
ten‧ant /ˈtenənt/

noun [countable]

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: present participle of tenir 'to hold', from Latin tenere; ⇨ tenacious

someone who lives in a house, room etc and pays rent to the person who owns it ⇨ landlord:

The desk was left by the previous tenant.

noun,

verb

ten·ant

BrE

/ˈtenənt/

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NAmE

/ˈtenənt/

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noun

a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it 房客；租户；佃户

◆They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. 他们赶走了未交房租的房客。

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◆The decorating was done by a previous tenant. 装修是一位前房客搞的。

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◆tenant farmers

(= ones who do not own their own farms)

佃农

accommodation, deed, home, house, lease, let, location, mortgage, squat, tenant

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Renting 租房子

live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property 住在租来的住所里
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment 租用／合住／搬进配有家具的房屋／公寓
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit 租一个单间公寓
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate 找一个室友
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract 签署／违反租约／租赁协议／合同
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy 延长租赁期限；续签／终止租约
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities 付得起／支付租金／账单／水电气等杂费
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent 拖欠租金
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit 支付／失去／退还损坏押金／保证金
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property 提前一个月／两周发出／收到离开／腾空住房的通知

Being a landlord 做房东

have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent 有一间公寓／一个房间要出租
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property 出租／转租公寓／房屋／房产
collect/increase/raise the rent 收取／增加／提高房租
evict the existing tenants 赶走现有房客
attract/find new/prospective tenants 吸引／寻找新的／可能的房客
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market 投资购房用于出租

Buying 购买房子

buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate 购置一栋房子／一处房产／（一块）优质房地产
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker 电话联系／联系／任用房地产经纪人
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house 提供房子的报价
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house 支付／存钱付房屋订金
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home 支付／攒钱支付买房的首付金
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan 申请／商定／取得按揭／住房贷款
(struggle to) pay the mortgage （竭力）支付按揭贷款
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments 支付每月的按揭贷款
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house 收回某人的房子；终止某人的房屋赎回权

Selling 出售房子

put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction 将房屋／房产投放市场／出售／拍卖
increase/lower your price/the asking price 提高／降低价格／要价
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc. 持有／移交房屋、土地等契约