tenement

A building for human habitation, especially one that is rented to tenants.

A rundown, low-rental apartment building whose facilities and maintenance barely meet minimum standards.

An apartment or room leased to a tenant.

A property of a permanent nature that is possessed or owned, such as land or a building, along with the rights associated with such possession or ownership.

A holding; a parcel of land held by an owner.

In law, any species of permanent property that may be held of a superior, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, etc. These are called free tenements or frank-tenements.

A dwelling inhabited by a tenant; a dwelling; an abode; a habitation; a home.

One of a number of apartments or sets of apartments in one building, each occupied by a separate family, and containing the conveniences of a common dwelling-house.

See the adjectives.

Synonyms See definitions of flat and apartment.