tenement

tenement
[ˈtɛnəm(ə)nt]
noun

(especially in Scotland or the US) a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of flats
（尤指苏格兰，美国的）住房，住宅
■(亦作tenement house)a house divided into and let in such separate residences
公共房屋，经济公寓
a piece of land held by an owner
业主土地
■(Law)any kind of permanent property, e.g. lands or rents, held from a superior
(律)享有物，保有物（指受于他人并终身享有的财物，如土地或租金）

tenemental
[-ˈmɛnt(ə)l]
adjective
tenementary
[-ˈmɛnt(ə)ri]
adjective
语源

Middle English (in the sense 'tenure, property held by tenure'): via Old French from medieval Latin tenementum, from tenere 'to hold'

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