Tenement
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛnɪmənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tenement is a noun meaning A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
Meaning
A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
More Meanings
- (law) Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
- (figurative) A dwelling; abode; habitation.
Example Sentences
The island of Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark.
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece?
Where she came from no man could tell. There were some said she was no woman, but a ghost haunting some mortal tenement.
He turned into Cumberland street and, going on some paces, halted in the lee of the station wall. No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements.
Word Forms
- tenements
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include property, grant, servient, concession, housing, floor.
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