landlord

[ˈlændlɔːrd]

Definition:
1. A person or company from whom you rent a room, a house, an office, etc.
2. A landowner who leases to others.

Use 'landlord' in a sentence:

1. She implored the landlord to reduce the rent.
2. For instance, one student took the lead in dealing with a difficult landlord and so demonstrated negotiation skills.
3. That holds double for the landlord or developer, who won't actually see a penny of the savings his investment in better insulation or a better heating system might generate.
4. The landlord or the person who owns the house or apartment wants to kick them out.
5. The landlord had let the building fall into decay.
6. He decided to ask the landlord about it the next day.
7. He is my first American landlord out here.
8. The landlord forced the serfs to work 16 hours a day.
9. He is the landlord of this pub.
10. He left what little furniture he owned to his landlord in lieu of rent.
11. Paying rent simply helps to line the pockets of landlords. It's far better to put your money into bricks and mortar of your own.
12. My landlord is so nosy.He comes by twice a month to inspect my apartment.
13. Mr. Mail Man, Mr. Insurance Man, Mr. White and Chocolate Milk Man, Mr. Landlord Man, Mr. Police Man: we called white people by their trade, like characters in a mystery play.
14. "Liu was a great landlord," she says.
15. Penny-pinching landlords stinted their tenants on heat and hot water.
16. Do you pay your landlord a fixed charge for heating and lighting?
17. The landlord separated the unit into three smaller units.
18. My landlord is my boyfriend. FML.
19. Some landlords and landladies are racially prejudiced.
20. He used to be a long-term labourer for a landlord.
21. One day, the landlord lost his stakes in the horse race.
22. She has now settled with her landlord.
23. His landlord collected the tenant's rent monthly.
24. The landlord pays cleaners who come daily, and there is a dingy shared washroom where residents can clean their belongings.
25. Mr. Mail Man, Mr. Insurance Man, Mr. White and Chocolate Milk Man, Mr. Landlord Man, Mr. Policewe: we called white people by their trade, like characters in a mystery play.
26. The landlord smiled and immediately went out.
27. The big storm sank the boat, the landlord died.
28. The landlord is a very kind person.
29. The heating isn't working; I'll get on to the landlord about it.
30. The landlord soon got into the boat, he wanted to get to the gold hill by boat.
31. The landlord wanted to go to the gold hill very much, but there was no boat.
32. The next phone call came from the office of the landlord-politician whose tenants we had interviewed.
33. The landlord refused to serve him because he considered him too drunk.
34. Local landlords drove them off their plots.
35. Because these centers have a single landlord and they get a good mix of tenants.
36. Wealthy officials and landlords built these queer edifices a thousand years ago.
37. Their concerns were the weather, animals, disease, childbirth and outwitting the landlord.
38. That's why you need landlord's insurance to protect your investment.
39. He was in an argument with his landlord downstairs.
40. I have just returned from a visit to my landlord--the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with.
41. They took their landlord to court for breaking the contract.
42. Regulations placed clear obligations on the landlord for the benefit of the tenant.
43. The rent is a matter for negotiation between the landlord and the tenant.
44. The landlord gave a written undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.
45. Larry's landlord threatened not to renew his lease.
46. Landlords can charge a returnable deposit.
47. The landlord was willing to accept us as tenants.
48. The landlord gave them all notice to quit.
49. The landlord has put the rent up again.
50. His landlord doubled the rent.
51. He paid a month's rent in advance, just enough to satisfy the landlord's avarice.