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   ten·e·ment

   /ˈtenəmənt/

   noun

   • 1. a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
   • ▪ a house divided into and rented out as separate residences, especially one that is run-down and overcrowded.
   • 2. a piece of land held by an owner.
   • ▪ any kind of permanent property, e.g. lands or rents, held from a superior.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘tenure, property held by tenure’): via Old French from medieval Latin tenementum, from tenere ‘to hold’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tenemental adjective
   • 2. tenementary adjective

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   TENEMENT definition: 1. a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city 2. a large building…. Learn more.

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   1. a. : tenement house. b. : apartment, flat. c. : a house used as a dwelling : residence. 2. : any of various forms of corporeal property (such as land) or incorporeal property that is held by one person from another. 3. : dwelling. Synonyms. apartment. diggings [ chiefly British] digs. flat [ chiefly British] lodgings. suite.

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   A tenement is a run-down apartment building. The tenements in Old New York were barely safe enough to live in — fire hazards, no air circulation, and no bathrooms, either.

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   A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats.

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   Definition of tenement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   TENEMENT meaning: 1. a large building divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city 2. a large building…. Learn more.

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   Define tenement. tenement synonyms, tenement pronunciation, tenement translation, English dictionary definition of tenement. n. 1. A building for human habitation, especially one that is rented to tenants. 2. A rundown, low-rental apartment building whose facilities and...

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   tenement noun. Meaning & use. 1. a1325–1651. † The fact of holding as a possession; tenure. free tenement = frank-tenement n., freehold n. & adj. As by the theory of English Law all land is held immediately or ultimately of the sovereign, ‘tenement’ embraced all forms of proprietorship or occupation of real property. a1325.

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    Tenement definition: a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.. See examples of TENEMENT used in a sentence.

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    TENEMENT definition: a large building that is divided into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city. Learn more.