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as in proprietor
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month

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as in taverner
the owner or manager of an inn a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation

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Recent Examples of landlord The company's agreements for the Bryant Park Grill & Cafe and The Porch at Bryant Park expire on April 30, 2025, and the landlord has indicated an intention to select a different operator. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024 Policymakers are doing little to remedy the burden of housing costs, even for the most vulnerable, or to protect renters from landlords who—excuse my language—don’t give a crap about the people living under their roofs. Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024 The change convinced the state’s largest landlord lobby, the California Apartment Association, to remain neutral on the law while legislators debated it. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024 Their landlord lives above them but is out of the country in Jamaica, a neighbor said. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for landlord 
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  • In 2019, veteran Las Vegas motel proprietor Mehar and his family bought it.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The guesthouse proprietor’s wife hangs herself the day after his arrival, and sensitive Wojnicz is alarmed that no one, including her husband, Willi Opitz, appears to care.
    Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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  • The average monthly rent for these matches is $609, but some lessors provide rooms in exchange for services, such as help with yard work, meal preparation, housekeeping and companionship.
    Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • For the part of its fleet that's leased, the lessor will retain possession and will be free to re-lease to Spirit or another airline, depending on what offers are on the table.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2024
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  • Parishioners dressed as Mary and Joseph lead a procession stopping at potential refuges inside the church singing traditional songs to hesitant innkeepers.
    Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • In September, sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina charged Nathaniel Drayton, a coach of the post-grad Hardeeville Vikings, with defrauding players and innkeepers after multiple hotels evicted the team for not paying.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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  • In 2022, Atkins joined a number of other former S.E.C. commissioners in a joint letter to Gensler saying new climate-risk disclosure rules overstepped the Commission’s regulatory authority.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In response to a list of questions, a legal representative for Ben Amor, SBK International, and Cloud 9 issued a cease and desist letter to Rolling Stone and denied that Ben Amor, Cloud 9, or SBK have ever owned Galaxy Gas.
    Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
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  • At the same time, housing costs are surging, causing a record number of renters to be cost-burdened, or paying more than 30% of their income on housing, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • According to the company, that would make 2025 a renter's market, with the units being built during the pandemic finally being put on the market, adding inventory.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlord. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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