"tenancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛnənsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tenancy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tenancies [plural]
Etymology: From tenant + -cy. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tenant|-cy}} tenant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tenancy (countable and uncountable, plural tenancies)
  1. Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: lease [synonym, synonym-of] Hyponyms: sublease, underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, sublet [informal], underlet Translations (occupancy of property, etc.): наемане (naemane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), nájem (Czech), pronájem [masculine] (Czech), držba [feminine] (Czech), držení [neuter] (Czech), arenti (Finnish), arrendo [masculine] (Galician), arrendamento [masculine] (Galician), Mietverhältnis [neuter] (German), μίσθωση (místhosi) [feminine] (Greek), πάκτωση (páktosi) [feminine] (Greek), tionóntacht [feminine] (Irish), dzierżawa [feminine] (Polish), najem [masculine] (Polish), arrendamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tenancy-en-noun-7WYb4pnZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy Derived forms: 1986 Act tenancy, Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy, co-tenancy, cotenancy, farm business tenancy, fixed-term tenancy, full agricultural 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

Inflected forms

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