Tenement — Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tenement — ten·e·ment / te nə mənt/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin tenementum, from Latin tenēre to hold] 1 a: any of various forms of property (as land) that is held by one person from another b: an estate in property 2: dwelling … Law dictionary
tènement — [ tɛnmɑ̃ ] n. m. • XIIe; de tenir 1 ♦ Féod. Terre tenue d un seigneur. ⇒ tenure. 2 ♦ Région. Réunion de propriétés contiguës. « La Jassine et Théotime formeraient désormais un seul tènement dans les mains du dernier héritier de la race » (Bosco) … Encyclopédie Universelle
tenement — ten‧e‧ment [ˈtenmənt] noun 1. [uncountable] LAW PROPERTY real property (= land and buildings) belonging to one owner 2. [countable] LAW … Financial and business terms
tenement — (n.) c.1300, holding of immovable property (such as land or buildings,) from Anglo Fr. (late 13c.) and O.Fr. tenement (12c.), from M.L. tenementum a holding, fief (11c.), from L. tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The meaning dwelling place … Etymology dictionary
tenement — ► NOUN 1) (especially in Scotland or the US) a separate residence within a house or block of flats. 2) (also tenement house) a house divided into several separate residences. 3) a piece of land held by an owner. ORIGIN Latin tenementum, from… … English terms dictionary
tenement — [ten′ə mənt] n. [ME < OFr, a holding < ML tenementum < L tenere, to hold: see TENANT] 1. Law land, buildings, offices, franchises, etc. held of another by tenure 2. a dwelling house 3. a room or set of rooms tenanted as a separate… … English World dictionary
tenement — [n] apartment house apartment complex, boarding house, coop, cooperative, den*, digs*, dump*, flat, high rise, high rise apartment building, living quarters, pad*, project housing, rental, slum; concepts 448,516 … New thesaurus
tenement — [[t]te̱nəmənt[/t]] tenements 1) N COUNT A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats. ...elegant 19th century tenement buildings. 2) N COUNT A tenement is one of the flats in a tenement. ...the cramped… … English dictionary
tènement — (tè ne man) s. m. 1° Terme de féodalité. Métairie dépendante d une seigneurie. 2° Aujourd hui, un tènement de maisons, maisons qui se tiennent. Vendre un tènement de maisons. HISTORIQUE XIIe s. • E que li arcevesques e li suen ensement… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
