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tenancy

noun
/ˈtɛnənsi//ˈtɪ̟nənsi/US

Etymology

From tenant + -cy.

  1. derived from teneō — “hold, keep”
  2. derived from tenant
  3. derived from tenaunt
  4. inherited from tenaunt
  5. formed as tenancy — “tenant + -cy”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing…

    Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.

    • Most gay people know oppresion as fear of losing a job, losing a tenancy or family ties.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tenancy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01tenancy02interest03obtaining04obtain05possession06occupancy07tenant

A definitional loop anchored at tenancy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at tenancy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA