(law) One of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.

(law) The right to compensation which a tenant has, either by custom or by law, against the landlord for improvements at the termination of the tenancy.

(historical, Scotland) A tenant of the same stock as his landlord, or who held his lands in succession, from father to son, for several generations.

plural of kindly tenant

(UK) A tenant who is already in occupation of a premises, especially when there is a change of owner. The tenant is not evicted when the property is sold to a new owner.

plural of anchor tenant

A large and popular store in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain, intended to attract a significant cross-section of customers to the mall.

plural of sitting tenant

Alternative form of undertenant

plural of under-tenant