LIFE TENANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("life tenant" is a kind of...):

tenant (a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease))

Credits