previous tenant

collocation in English

meaningsofpreviousandtenant

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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tenant
noun[C]
uk
/ˈten.ənt/us
/ˈten.ənt/
a person who pays rent for the use of land or ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandtenantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theprevioustenantwas a dairy farmer, but he had moved out of milk production.
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Would he be entitled to use the shelter supplied to theprevioustenantor not?
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That was about the rate paid by theprevioustenant.
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It was more or less derelict when theprevioustenantmoved out.
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The tenant had paid £200 to theprevioustenantfor fixtures and fittings.
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Theprevioustenantcan hawk his quota round to anybody.
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When a farm comes up to be considered for a partnership theprevioustenantwill have left the farm, of course.
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In some cases it may have been by aprevioustenantmany years ago, and sometimes the property may have been empty for a week or two.
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Theprevioustenantdied, and there were a dozen applicants, only too willing to pay their deposit and pay off their instalments.
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It is the case that the son of aprevioustenantof the farm applied for a holding and was refused.
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In fact, on the date of publication, a sub-tenant or theprevioustenantwas still in occupation.
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The police were able to inform her that the electricity authority had broken in, on the basis that theprevioustenantowed money to the board.
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On the first part, it is not a waste of public money, as the factory is still on lease to itsprevioustenant.
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Then, as soon as it suited their purpose, they would get round the safeguard for theprevioustenantby letting to a new one.
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The court is given the power to disregard failure to serve under condition (a) on the present tenant or under condition (b) on aprevioustenant.
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Now we give him a right, instead of doing that, to receive it by instalments, whether the premium is paid by the applicant or by aprevioustenant.
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Theprevioustenanthad a quota.
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A qualifying tenant may have bought or inherited the lease of a flat where theprevioustenanthad decided not to participate in enfranchisement.
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They get a council house which has been vacated through the death of aprevioustenantor by the tenant moving to another town or buying a private house.
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The first is that the six tenants who now hold that farm are the son and five daughters of theprevioustenant.
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