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tenant

noun

A1CEFR level
10/100Rarity: common
TechnicalRegister

The person who holds property under a lease and is entitled to possession for the term.

The tenant is in arrears of three months' rent, so forfeiture is now an option.

Similar: lessee

Topic: Property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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