Collocations for "tenant"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tenant" in context.
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tenant
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- have been a [good, terrible] tenant
- the perfect tenant
- looking for new tenants
- the tenant is refusing to [leave, vacate, pay]
- it is the tenant's [right, obligation, responsibility] (to)
- following the tenant's failure to
- the tenant shall [provide, deliver, pay]
- the tenant is required to
- the tenant may [request, terminate, recover]
- received the tenant's [payment, rent, notice]
- [legislation, laws] to protect tenants (from)
- the tenant gave notice
- the landlord [evicted, threw out] the tenants
- UK: council house tenants
'tenant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):