{
    "term": "tenant",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)especially British Englishespecially North American English(North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(British English also)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The decorating was done by a previous tenant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "tenant farmers *(= ones who do not own their own farms)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The property is currently occupied by a life tenant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "conflicts that might arise between landlord and tenant"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sale of council houses to sitting tenants"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["current", "existing", "sitting"],
                "verb + tenant": ["find", "have", "evict"],
                "tenant + verb": ["occupy something"],
                "tenant + noun": ["farmer"],
                "phrases": ["landlord and tenant"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtenənt/",
                "audio": "te/tenant/tenant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtenənt/",
                "audio": "te/tenant/tenant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere."
}