n. 房屋, 住房, 保有物, 居所

[经] 地产, 住屋

[ noun ]
a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
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Tenement \Ten"e*ment\, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F.
t[`e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See
{Tenant}.]
1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service;
property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in
consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief;
fee.

2. (Common Law) Any species of permanent property that may be
held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents,
commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of
common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also {free
tenements} or {frank tenements}.

The thing held is a tenement, the possessor of it a
``tenant,'' and the manner of possession is called
``tenure.'' --Blackstone.

3. A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an
apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one
family; often, a house erected to be rented.

4. Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.

Who has informed us that a rational soul can inhabit
no tenement, unless it has just such a sort of
frontispiece? --Locke.

5. A {tenement house}.
[PJC]

{Tenement house}, commonly, a dwelling house erected for the
purpose of being rented, and divided into separate
apartments or tenements for families. The term is often
applied to apartment houses occupied by poor families,
often overcrowded and in poor condition.
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Syn: House; dwelling; habitation.

Usage: {Tenement}, {House}. There may be many houses under
one roof, but they are completely separated from each
other by party walls. A tenement may be detached by
itself, or it may be part of a house divided off for
the use of a family. In modern usage, a tenement or
tenement house most commonly refers to the meaning
given for {tenement house}, above.
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