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• tenement — [[t]te̱nəmənt[/t]] tenements 1) N COUNT A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats. ...elegant 19th century tenement buildings. 2) N COUNT A tenement is one of the flats in a tenement. ...the cramped… …   English dictionary

• tenement — ten·e·ment / te nə mənt/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenēre to hold] 1 a: any of various forms of property (as land) that is held by one person from another b: an estate in property 2: dwelling …   Law dictionary

• tenement — ten‧e‧ment [ˈtenmənt] noun 1. [uncountable] LAW PROPERTY real property (= land and buildings) belonging to one owner 2. [countable] LAW …   Financial and business terms

• tenement — (n.) c.1300, holding of immovable property (such as land or buildings,) from Anglo Fr. (late 13c.) and O.Fr. tenement (12c.), from M.L. tenementum a holding, fief (11c.), from L. tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The meaning dwelling place …   Etymology dictionary

• tenement — [ten′ə mənt] n. [ME < OFr, a holding < ML tenementum < L tenere, to hold: see TENANT] 1. Law land, buildings, offices, franchises, etc. held of another by tenure 2. a dwelling house 3. a room or set of rooms tenanted as a separate… …   English World dictionary

• Tenement House Act — Das Tenement House Museum in New Yorks Lower East Side Die Tenement House Acts waren Gesetze des Staates New York, durch die die Wohnbedingungen für die Bewohner von Mietshäusern (Tenements) verbessert werden sollten. Die Tenement House Acts… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Buildings of Cambuslang — Cambuslang buildings include ancient sites, medieval castle ruins, remnants of 18th century mansions, Churches of all denominations, schools, college buildings, public buildings, commercial and industrial premises and retail and leisure… …   Wikipedia

• tenement — /tenamant/ This term, in its common acceptation, is only applied to houses and other buildings, but in its original, proper, and legal sense it signifies everything that may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature, whether it be of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• Buildings of Jesus College, Oxford — Coordinates: 51°45′12.32″N 1°15′25.09″W / 51.7534222°N 1.2569694°W / 51.7534222; 1.2569694 …   Wikipedia

• Tenement — A housing structure that has several houses or units put together, often called an apartment. The word tenement was used most frequently many years ago to reference housing usually inhabited by lower income families. These buildings are simple… …   Investment dictionary

• New York State Tenement House Act — One of the reforms of the Progressive Era, the New York State Tenement House Act of 1901 was one of the first such laws to ban the construction of dark, poorly ventilated tenement buildings in the state of New York. Among other sanctions, the law …   Wikipedia