a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent. The decorating was done by a previous tenant. tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms) Wordfinderhomeaccommodation, deed, home, house, lease, let, location, mortgage, squat, tenant CollocationsMoving house Renting live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the propertyBeing a landlord have a flat/apartment/room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property collect/increase/raise the rent evict the existing tenants attract/find new/prospective tenants invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let marketBuying buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan (struggle to) pay the mortgage make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/houseSelling put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction increase/lower your price/the asking price have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecurrent, existing, sitting, … verb + tenantfind, have, evict, … tenant + verboccupy something tenant + nounfarmer phraseslandlord and tenant See full entry See related entries: Renting a home Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere.Extra examples The property is currently occupied by a life tenant. conflicts that might arise between landlord and tenant the sale of council houses to sitting tenants The land was leased to a tenant farmer.
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