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tenancy
Tenancy (noun) means Another word for a lease — meaning an interest in land, the contract that creates it, or the document recording that contract — used more often when the lease is short-term or carries a periodic rent that is more than nominal.
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Another word for a lease — meaning an interest in land, the contract that creates it, or the document recording that contract — used more often when the lease is short-term or carries a periodic rent that is more than nominal.
"Most gay people know oppresion as fear of losing a job, losing a tenancy or family ties."
— Gary Phillips, Gays in Gaol [Jail]: Who Cares (1983)
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Etymology
Formed from tenant and -cy.
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What is the meaning of tenancy?
"tenancy" (noun) means another word for a lease — meaning an interest in land, the contract that creates it, or the document recording that contract — used more often when the lease is short-term or carries a periodic rent that is more than nominal.
What is another word for tenancy?
Other words for "tenancy" include lease, occupancy.
