sitting tenant
noun [C]Definition
› a person with a legal right to stay in a property that they are renting: We can't sell the house because we can't get rid of the sitting tenants.Renting propertyMortgages and real estateRenting, hiring and hire purchase in general
(Definition of sitting tenant noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absentee landlord noun
- landlord noun (OWNER)
- lease noun
- lease verb
- leasehold noun
- leaseholder noun
- let noun (RENT)
- let verb (RENT)
- letting noun
- lodge verb (STAY)
- lodger noun
- peppercorn rent noun
- rent noun (PAYMENT)
- rent strike noun
- rent verb (PAY TO USE)
- rent-free adjective, adverb
- renter noun
- sublet verb
- subtenant noun
- tenancy noun
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