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tenant
/ˈtɛnənt/
noun
A person who pays rent to use a house or flat.
- “Tenants have the right to a safe home.”Toofey
- “It will be easy to find a tenant for this house.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))