Tenant vs Occupier - What's the difference?
tenant | occupier | Related terms |
One who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others.
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One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
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(legal) One who holds a property by any kind of right, including ownership.
As nouns the difference between tenant and occupier
is that tenant is one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others while occupier is one who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.As a verb tenant
is to hold as, or be, a tenant.tenant
English
Alternative forms
* tenaunt (obsolete) * tennant (obsolete) * tennaunt (obsolete)Noun
(Leasehold estate) (en noun)- sweet tenants of this grove
- the happy tenant of your shade
- the sister tenants of the middle deep