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tenement building — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑tenement … Useful english dictionary
tenement — ten|e|ment [ˈtenımənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tenure , from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenere; TENOR] a large building divided into apartments, especially in the poorer areas of a city tenement building/house/block … Dictionary of contemporary English
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, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement house — Tenement Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tenement — ten‧e‧ment [ˈtenmənt] noun 1. [uncountable] LAW PROPERTY real property (= land and buildings) belonging to one owner 2. [countable] LAW … Financial and business terms
tenement house — n. An apartment building, especially a dilapidated low rent building that meets, at best, minimal conditions of sanitation and safety. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
tenement house — ☆ tenement house n. a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run down, overcrowded, etc. * * * … Universalium
tenement — [n] apartment house apartment complex, boarding house, coop, cooperative, den*, digs*, dump*, flat, high rise, high rise apartment building, living quarters, pad*, project housing, rental, slum; concepts 448,516 … New thesaurus
tenement house — ☆ tenement house n. a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run down, overcrowded, etc … English World dictionary
tenement house — noun a run down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tenement • Hypernyms: ↑apartment building, ↑apartment house * * * noun : a dwelling house divided into separate apartments for rent to families … Useful english dictionary
