rental vs tenancy

rental

noun
  • An act of renting. 

  • A business that rents out something to its customers. 

  • The payment made to rent something. 

  • Something that is rented. 

  • A player traded to a team with a year or less on his contract 

adj
  • Relating to renting. 

  • Relating to rent. 

tenancy

noun
  • Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal. 

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