tenancy
noun
1 tenancy
An act of being a tenant or occupant.
synonym: occupancy.
Roget 777:
possession,
seizin [Law],
seisin [Law];
ownership
etc.
780;
occupancy;
hold,
holding;
tenure,
tenancy,
feodality†,
dependency;
villenage,
villeinage†;
socage†,
chivalry,
knight service.
exclusive possession,
impropriation†,
monopoly,
retention
etc.
781;
prepossession,
preoccupancy†;
nine points of the law;
corner,
usucaption†.
future possession,
heritage,
inheritance,
heirship,
reversion,
fee,
seigniority†;
primogeniture,
ultimogeniture†.
futures contract
[right of future possession; financial instruments],
warrant,
put,
call,
option;
right of first refusal.
bird in hand,
uti possidetis [Lat.],
chose in possession.
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Dutch: pacht
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