tenement
[ ten-uh-muh nt ]
/ ˈtɛn ə mənt /
noun
Also called tenement house.
a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
Law.
- any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.
- tenements, freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.
British.
an apartment or room rented by a tenant.
Archaic.
any abode or habitation.
Origin of tenement
1250–1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin
tenēmentum, equivalent to Latin
tenē(re) to hold +
-mentum
-ment
OTHER WORDS FROM tenement
ten·e·men·tal [ten-uh-men-tl] /ˌtɛn əˈmɛn tl/, ten·e·men·ta·ry [ten-uh-men-tuh-ree] /ˌtɛn əˈmɛn tə ri/, adjective ten·e·ment·ed, adjectiveWords nearby tenement
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British Dictionary definitions for tenement
tenement
/ (ˈtɛnəmənt) /
noun
Also called: tenement building
(now esp in Scotland) a large building divided into separate flats
a dwelling place or residence, esp one intended for rent
mainly British
a room or flat for rent
property law
any form of permanent property, such as land, dwellings, offices, etc
Derived forms of tenement
tenemental (ˌtɛnəˈmɛntəl) or tenementary, adjective tenemented, adjectiveWord Origin for tenement
C14: from Medieval Latin
tenementum, from Latin
tenēre to hold