TENEMENT


Meaning of TENEMENT in English

— tenemental /ten'euh men"tl/ , tenementary /ten'euh men"teuh ree/ , adj. — tenemented , adj.

/ten"euh meuhnt/ , n.

1. Also called tenement house . a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, esp. in a poor section of a large city.

2. Law.

a. any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.

b. tenements , freehold interests in things immovable considered as subjects of property.

3. Brit. an apartment or room rented by a tenant.

4. Archaic. any abode or habitation.

[ 1250-1300; ME tenementum, equiv. to L tene ( re ) to hold + -mentum -MENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .