sitting tenant

noun

1. （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

1. N-COUNT 租屋人;房客;承租者
   A sitting tenant is 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。

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。
2. It's difficult to sell a house with a sitting tenant.
   住着房客的房子很难卖。
3. 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。