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tenement

Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnəm(ə)nt/
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Definition of tenement

noun

  • 1(especially in Scotland or the US) a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of flats.
  • (also tenement house) a house divided into and let as separate residences.
  • 2a piece of land held by an owner.
  • Law any kind of permanent property, e.g. lands or rents, held from a superior.

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'tenure, property held by tenure'): via Old French from medieval Latin tenementum, from tenere 'to hold'

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