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

People with knowledge of crofting and skills as an electrician, joiner or working with boats are among those being sought for the tenancy.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Under succession rules in England and Wales, a council tenancy can only be passed on once.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

“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