undertenant

un·der·ten·ant

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [uhn-der-ten-uh nt]
- /ˈʌn dərˌtɛn ənt/
- /ˈʌn.də.ˈte.nənt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uhn-der-ten-uh nt]
- /ˈʌn dərˌtɛn ənt/

Definitions of undertenant word

noun undertenant a subtenant. 1
noun undertenant a tenant who rents from someone who is renting the property (i.e. another tenant) 0
noun undertenant A tenant who holds property from another tenant; a subtenant. 0

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Origin of undertenant

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; under- + tenant

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Parts of speech for Undertenant

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Undertenant

undertenant popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

undertenant usage trend in Literature

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