Definitions for tenancy

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tenancy ten·an·cy

Spelling: [ten-uh n-see]

IPA: /ˈtɛn ən si/

Tenancy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in tenancy (acennty).

Definitions for tenancy

noun

1. a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
2. the period of a tenant's occupancy.
3. occupancy or enjoyment of a position, post, situation, etc.:
4. Archaic. a piece of land held by a tenant; holding.

Origin of tenancy

1570-80; ten(ant) + -ancy; compare Medieval Latin tenantia, variant of tenentia

Examples for tenancy

If there were only a few more rooms like this, I 'd dispute the tenancy with you.

The Irishman's tenancy had not in any sense improved the cottage.

How long it had been in Davis's tenancy is not certain, but he died in 1791.

First of all, he describes the characteristics of tenancy in fee simple.

tenancy at a fixed rental is preferred, as less complicated and troublesome.

The ground lost in no wise endangered the German tenancy of their line.

It was the last day of his tenancy of the clergy-house, and there was much to do at Soho.

A California family is struggling to evict their now-fired live-in nanny—and tenancy laws are on her side.

My tenancy of these chambers expires in three days, Simpson.

Both were one story in height, but one was for three months' tenancy only.