tenancy

English

Etymology

From tenant +‎ -cy.

Noun

tenancy (countable and uncountable, plural tenancies)

The occupancy of property, etc., under a lease, or by paying rent.
The period of occupancy by a tenant.
The property occupied by a tenant.

Derived terms

co-tenancy
cotenancy
fixed-term tenancy
holdover tenancy
joint tenancy
joint tenancy with right of survivorship
multitenancy
nontenancy
periodic tenancy
subtenancy
tenancy at sufferance
tenancy at will
tenancy by the entirety
tenancy for life
tenancy for years
tenancy from month to month
tenancy from week to week
tenancy from year to year
tenancy in common
undertenancy

Translations

occupancy of property, etc.

Czech: nájem (cs)
Finnish: arenti (fi)
Galician: arrendo (gl) m, arrendamento (gl) m
German: Mietverhältnis n

Greek: μίσθωση (el) f (místhosi), πάκτωση (el) f (páktosi)
Irish: tionóntacht f
Polish: dzierżawa (pl) f, najem (pl) m

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