sitting tenant

英 [ˌsɪtɪŋ ˈtenənt]

美 [ˌsɪtɪŋ ˈtenənt]

n.  (房屋或公寓有合法权利的)现有房客，现租户

牛津词典

noun

• （房屋或公寓有合法权利的）现有房客，现租户
  a person who is living in a rented house or flat and who has the legal right to stay there

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 租屋人;房客;承租者
  Asitting tenantis a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there.
  1. 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
     已经出售了 140 万套廉租公房，大部分购买者都是房子的承租人。

双语例句

• 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
  已经出售了140万套廉租公房，大部分购买者都是房子的承租人。
• It's difficult to sell a house with a sitting tenant.
  住着房客的房子很难卖。
• The people selling the house could either sell it to the sitting tenant or, which vacant possession to a third party.
  出售房子的人们可以将房子卖给现在的租户，也可以空屋拥有的形式卖给第三方。