tenement
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenement, from Mediaeval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenere.
[edit] Noun
tenement
- a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
- (law) any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
[edit] Translations
a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
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any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
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[edit] References
- tenement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
