tenancy

Questions about tenancy

What does tenancy mean?

tenancy means "an act of being a tenant or occupant".

How many syllables are in tenancy?

tenancy has 3 syllables: ten-an-cy. The stress falls on "ten". In IPA it is /ˈtɛnənsi/.

What is another word for tenancy?

Close synonyms include occupancy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tenancy a common word?

tenancy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.