tenancy
/ˈtɛnənsi/
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American sound/ˈtɛnənsi/
tenancy
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te - nan - cy -> tenancy
Myanmar meaning
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အိမ်ငှား။ မြေငှား။ သီးစား။ evict tenants for non-payment of rent ❍ (Brit ) council tenants (ie paying rent to the local council) ❍ a tenant farmer (ie one who does not own the land he cultivates). See also SITTING TENANT
v (usu passive) သီးစားခံသည်။ အိမ်ငှားနေသည်။ houses tenanted by farm workers.
❏ tenancy /-ǝnsi/ n
(က) [U] သီးစားလုပ်ခြင်း။ အိမ်ငှားနေ ခြင်း။ take over the tenancy of a farm.
(ခ) [C] အငှားကာလ။ hold a life tenancy of a house.
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occupant, renter, resident, lodger, boarder, paying guest, leaseholder, lessee, addressee, be established, be in command, be in residence, be intrinsic to, be vested, dwell, dweller, establish oneself, hang one's hat, hang out, holder, householder, indwell, indweller, inhabit, inhabitant, keep house, live in, lived in, living in, make one's home, nested, occupier, occupy, peopled, peopling, pitch tent, possessor, rent payer, reside, rest with, roomed, roomer, take up residence, tenanted, tenanting, tenting
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