tenement
Meanings
noun
- A building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one.
- Any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned.
- A dwelling; abode; habitation.
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Etymology
From Middle English tenement, from Anglo-Norman tenement (“holding”), from Old French tenement, from Medieval Latin tenimentum, from Latin teneō (“hold”).
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