Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sitting tenant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: sit-ting -tenant
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tenant who is already in occupation of a premises, especially when there is a change of owner. The tenant is not evicted when the property is sold to a new owner.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

sitting tenants (plural)

Questions

What does sitting tenant mean?: A tenant who is already in occupation of a premises, especially when there is a change of owner. The tenant is not evicted when the property is sold to a new owner.

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