COTENANT Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

cotenant

noun

Definition of cotenant

as in subtenant

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Noun

By late 2023, the building became the target for a patchwork of smaller leases from subtenants, starting with travel tech company Navan, which signed on to take about 36,000 square feet in the building that October.

— Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Under the agreement, the city will receive an upfront payment of $125,000 and monthly rent of $500 or 30 % of subtenant rental revenue, whichever is greater.

— Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026

Definition of subtenant

Noun

On Reddit, a Polestar lessee reported that service centers in San Francisco and San Jose are in the process of being dissolved, which could force him to travel over 300 miles to Los Angeles to return his vehicles when the lease runs out.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 10 July 2026
The owner and lessee will bear the responsibility of clearing the debris and alleviating some of the effects of the fire and its aftermath, Moore said, including looking for ways to mitigate debris flowing out of the warehouse, and the smell emitted by the rotting food.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of lessee

Noun

Now, the City of Oakland is suing the property owner, Mosser Living, alleging elderly and disabled tenants were left stranded in their homes and that the prolonged elevator outage was part of a much broader pattern of neglect.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Early in his career, Johnson worked for the Chicago Housing Authority as a community and tenant relations aide and later as an assistant manager, his wife said.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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