1. An act of being a tenant or occupant
   "His tenancy in the apartment lasted for five years";
   - occupancy
    
2. (law) an estate or holding of land, especially one held by lease
   "The farmer's tenancy included both arable land and pasture"
    
3. (computing) an isolated or partitioned environment within a shared software or cloud infrastructure, typically associated with a single client or organization
   "Each customer's data is stored in a separate tenancy to ensure security and privacy"
    
4. The period of occupancy by a tenant
   "Their tenancy agreement was for an initial period of one year"

Derived forms: tenancies

Type of: abidance, residence, residency

Encyclopedia: Tenancy