tenement 音标拼音: [t'ɛnəmənt]
n . 房屋,住户,租户,地产
房屋,住户,租户,地产
tenement n 1 :
a run -
down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards [
synonym : {
tenement }, {
tenement 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 consideration of some military or pecuniary service ;
fief ;
fee .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Common Law )
Any species of permanent property that may be held ,
so as to create a tenancy ,
as lands ,
houses ,
rents ,
commons ,
an office ,
an advowson ,
a franchise ,
a right of common ,
a peerage ,
and the like ; --
called also {
free tenements }
or {
frank tenements }.
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1913 Webster ]
The thing held is a tenement ,
the possessor of it a "
tenant ,"
and the manner of possession is called "
tenure ." --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A dwelling house ;
a building for a habitation ;
also ,
an apartment ,
or suite of rooms ,
in a building ,
used by one family ;
often ,
a house erected to be rented .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
Fig .:
Dwelling ;
abode ;
habitation .
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1913 Webster ]
Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit no tenement ,
unless it has just such a sort of frontispiece ? --
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
A {
tenement house }.
[
PJC ]
{
Tenement house },
commonly ,
a dwelling house erected for the purpose of being rented ,
and divided into separate apartments or tenements for families .
The term is often applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families ,
often overcrowded and in poor condition .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Syn :
House ;
dwelling ;
habitation .
Usage : {
Tenement }, {
House }.
There may be many houses under one roof ,
but they are completely separated from each other by party walls .
A tenement may be detached by itself ,
or it may be part of a house divided off for the use of a family .
In modern usage ,
a tenement or tenement house most commonly refers to the meaning given for {
tenement house },
above .
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1913 Webster PJC ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tenement ":
Augean stables ,
acres ,
apartment ,
apartment house ,
chambers ,
chattels real ,
cold -
water flat ,
condominium ,
cooperative apartment house ,
demesne ,
domain ,
dump ,
duplex ,
duplex apartment ,
duplex house ,
flat ,
flats ,
garden apartment ,
grounds ,
high -
rise apartment building ,
hole ,
honor ,
hovel ,
land ,
landed property ,
lands ,
lodgings ,
lot ,
lots ,
manor ,
messuage ,
parcel ,
penthouse ,
pesthole ,
pigpen ,
pigsty ,
plague spot ,
plat ,
plot ,
praedium ,
property ,
quadrat ,
railroad flat ,
real estate ,
real property ,
realty ,
rental ,
rookery ,
rooms ,
set of rooms ,
slum ,
stable ,
sty ,
suite ,
tenements ,
the slums ,
toft ,
warren TENEMENT ,
estates .
In its most extensive signification tenement comprehends every thing which may be holden ,
provided it be of a permanent nature ;
and not only lands and inheritances which are holden ,
but also rents and profits a prendre of which a man has any frank tenement ,
and of which he may be seised ut de libero tenemento ,
are included under this term .
Co .
Litt .
6 a ;
1 Tho .
Co .
Litt .
219 ;
Pork .
s .
114 ;
2 Bl .
Com .
17 .
But the word tenements simply ,
without other circumstances ,
has never been construed to pass a fee .
10 Wheat .
204 .
In its more confined and vulgar acceptation ,
it means a house or building .
Ibid .
an 1 Prest .
on Est .
8 .
Vide 4 Bing .
293 ;
S C .
l1 Eng .
C .
L .
Rep .
207 ;
1 T .
R .
358 ;
3 T .
R .
772 ;
3 East ,
R .
113 ;
5 East ,
R .
239 ;
Burn '
s Just .
Poor ,
525 to 541 ;
1 B . &
Adolph .
161 ;
S .
C .
20 Eng .
C .
L .
Rep .
36 8 ;
Com .
Dig .
Grant ,
E 2 ;
Trespass ,
A 2 ;
Wood '
s Inst .
120 ;
Babington on Auctions ,
211 ,
212 .
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