도시의 빈민가에 위치한 낡고 비좁은 공동주택이나 아파트 건물을 의미한다.
A large building divided into separate apartments, typically one that is run-down and overcrowded in a poor section of a city.
예문:
"The family shared a small kitchen with three other families in the cramped tenement."
"City officials launched a program to renovate the decaying tenements in the downtown area."
토지나 임대료와 같이 타인으로부터 보유하고 있는 영구적인 부동산이나 재산권을 의미한다.
Any kind of permanent property, such as land or rents, held by a tenant from a superior owner.
예문:
"The legal dispute centered on whether the easement was attached to the tenement."
"Under the old laws, a tenement could include both the land and the rights arising from it."
사람이 거주하는 방이나 집, 또는 비유적으로 영혼이 머무는 육체 등을 의미한다.
A room or set of rooms used as a dwelling; a place of residence, sometimes used metaphorically.
예문:
"The poet described the human body as a frail tenement of the immortal soul."
"He sought a humble tenement where he could live out his days in peace."