a person who pays rent for the use of a room, building, land, etc. to the person who owns it房客；租户；佃户- They had evicted their tenants for non-payment of rent.他们赶走了未交房租的房客。🔊🔊
- The decorating was done by a previous tenant.装修是一位前房客搞的。🔊🔊
- tenant farmers (= ones who do not own their own farms)佃农
Collocations Moving house搬家Moving house Renting租房子- live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property住在租来的住所里
- rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment租用／合住／搬进配有家具的房屋／公寓
- rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit租一个单间公寓
- find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate找一个室友
- sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract签署／违反租约／租赁协议／合同
- extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy延长租赁期限；续签／终止租约
- afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities付得起／支付租金／账单／水电气等杂费
- (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent拖欠租金
- pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit支付／失去／退还损坏押金／保证金
- give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property提前一个月／两周发出／收到离开／腾空住房的通知
Being a landlord做房东- have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent收取／增加／提高房租
- evict the existing tenants赶走现有房客
- attract/find new/prospective tenants吸引／寻找新的／可能的房客
- invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market投资购房用于出租
Buying购买房子- buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate购置一栋房子／一处房产／（一块）优质房地产
- call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker电话联系／联系／任用房地产经纪人
- make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house提供房子的报价
- put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house支付／存钱付房屋订金
- make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home支付／攒钱支付买房的首付金
- apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan申请／商定／取得按揭／住房贷款
- (struggle to) pay the mortgage（竭力）支付按揭贷款
- make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments支付每月的按揭贷款
- (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
收回某人的房子；终止某人的房屋赎回权Selling出售房子- put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction将房屋／房产投放市场／出售／拍卖
- increase/lower your price/the asking price提高／降低价格／要价
- have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.持有／移交房屋、土地等契约
Extra Examples- The property is currently occupied by a life tenant.这处房产目前正由一名终生租赁人所租用。
- conflicts that might arise between landlord and tenant房东与房客之间可能出现的冲突
- the sale of council houses to sitting tenants将政府统建房出售给现住房客
Topics Houses and homesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + tenanttenant + verbtenant + nounphrasesSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, literally ‘holding’, present participle of tenir, from Latin tenere.