tenancy
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This might be a program where a renter stays for an agreed number of years in return for a lump sum at the end of the tenancy that can be put toward a down payment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Eileen Thomson, director of Fair Isle Development Company, said it was hoped a family could be attracted to the tenancy to help support the school which has just four pupils.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Sarah and Amy both said the people they spoke to in person and interacted with over the phone appeared legitimate, and that the process they went through "mirrored exactly what a tenancy process looks like".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
“This creates a new tenancy in common arrangement in which the children would be given equal shares to one another, but would still be tenants in common with Owner B.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 6, 2025
In all the years of our tenancy we never saw the Zemindar who owned our land.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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