tenement

  • 21tenement — [ tɛnəm(ə)nt] noun 1》 (especially in Scotland or the US) a separate residence within a house or block of flats.     ↘(also tenement house) a house divided into several separate residences. 2》 a piece of land held by an owner.     ↘Law any… …

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  • 22tenement — n 1. dwelling, dwelling house, house, lodge, home, place where one hangs one s hat; abode, habitation, residence, domicile, boarding house. 2. tenement house, apartment house, warren, Inf. rookery, Sl. dump, slum; flophouse, Sl. fleabag, Brit. Sl …

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  • 23tenement — /ˈtɛnəmənt / (say tenuhmuhnt) noun 1. any house or building; dwelling house. 2. a portion of a house or building occupied by a tenant as a separate dwelling. 3. → tenement house. 4. any habitation, abode, or dwelling place. 5. any species of… …

  • 24tenement — A house. Polson v Parsons, 23 Okla 778, 104 P 336. Real property; inclusive of any incorporeal hereditament which issues out of corporeal property or which is annexed thereto. Hertz v Abrahams, 110 Ga 707, 36 SE 409. In its most extensive… …

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  • 25tenement — n. 1 a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of flats. 2 US & Sc. a house divided into and let in tenements. 3 a dwelling place. 4 a a piece of land held by an owner. b Law any kind of permanent property, e.g …

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  • 26Tenement house — 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… …

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  • 27Tenement Funster — «Tenement Funster» Canción de Queen Álbum Sheer Heart Attack Publicación 1974 Graba …

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  • 28tenement building — noun • • • Main Entry: ↑tenement …

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  • 29tenement house — ☆ tenement house n. a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run down, overcrowded, etc. * * * …

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  • 30tenement house — n. An apartment building, especially a dilapidated low rent building that meets, at best, minimal conditions of sanitation and safety. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …

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