agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation
Recent Examples on the WebThe Bears’ bid to build a new stadium in Arlington Heights is driven by the team’s goal to be its own landlord and have total control of the building to generate more revenue. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 Most friends—non-Jews—disappeared from Otto’s life; his landlord now insisted that the family find other quarters; Margot had to sit apart from her classmates. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 This prevents overexfoliation and the only thing worse than overexfoliation: needing to call your landlord because your body scrub clogged the shower drain again. Allure Editors, Allure, 13 Sep. 2022 Cara, interviewed in the midst of the global economic downturn in 2009, sees through her landlord’s ploys to drive longtime tenants from their Washington Heights apartment building in favor of higher-paying newcomers. Charmaine Wilkerson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 The restaurant was unable to negotiate a new contract with their landlord before the lease ended that summer. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2022 Plans the academy had to someday buy the property from its landlord, the Glover family, began to fall apart. Roger Vincentstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2022 Nothing sends a shudder down the spine like an email from your landlord or letting agent. Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 26 Jan. 2022 Restrepo, who used to work at HomeGoods, remembers hiding from her landlord, months behind on her rent.BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of landlord was before the 12th century
1sb who lets a house/room房東ADJECTIVE➤private私房房東➤local (especially NAmE) 當地房東➤unscrupulous (especially BrE) 不講道德的房東▸➤absentee外居房主◇The house has an absentee landlord, who visits the property once a year.這房子的房主不在這兒住,只是一年來查看一次房產。landlord
noun²
2 (BrE) man who owns/runs a pub酒吧店主ADJECTIVE | LANDLORD + VERBADJECTIVE➤pub酒吧老闆◇He left the army and became a pub landlord.他離開軍隊,做了酒吧老闆。LANDLORD + VERB➤serve sb酒吧店主為某人服務◇The landlord came over to serve me.店主走過來接待我。