tenancy
nounUS /ˈtɪ̟nənsi/ · /ˈtɛnənsi/
Etymology From tenant + -cy.
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Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.
- Most gay people know oppresion as fear of losing a job, losing a tenancy or family ties.1983 December 31, Gary Phillips, “Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 14:
- Derived terms
- 1986 Act tenancy, Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy, co-tenancy, cotenancy, farm business tenancy, fixed-term tenancy, full agricultural tenancy, holdover tenancy, joint tenancy, joint tenancy with right of survivorship, multitenancy, nontenancy, periodic tenancy, subtenancy, tenancy at sufferance, tenancy at will, tenancy by the entirety, tenancy for life, tenancy for years, tenancy from month to month, tenancy from week to week, tenancy from year to year, tenancy in common, undertenancy
- Hyponyms
- sublease, underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, sublet, underlet