landlord
noun
land·lord
ˈland-ˌlȯrd 
1
: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another
2
: the master of an inn or lodging house : innkeeper
Examples of landlord in a Sentence
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
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Tuesday's ordinance, which passed 8-5, would temporarily require landlords to wait 45 days — instead of the customary 30 — before bringing an eviction notice to the renter.
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Aki Nace, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Now, with 31% of lab space sitting empty, a handful of companies — some international — are swooping in on declining rents and rising landlord concessions.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Young and companies have also been hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims for unpaid rent and damages, most recently from landlords in Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Anaheim and Fountain Valley.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Nieuwsma, 4th, to limit new fines only to acts of retaliation by landlords, Nieuwsma reversed course on Monday, voting alongside five other Council members to adopt the original plan of fines applying to violations for any part of the Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (RLTO).
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Aki Nace, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Now, with 31% of lab space sitting empty, a handful of companies — some international — are swooping in on declining rents and rising landlord concessions.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
Young and companies have also been hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims for unpaid rent and damages, most recently from landlords in Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Anaheim and Fountain Valley.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Nieuwsma, 4th, to limit new fines only to acts of retaliation by landlords, Nieuwsma reversed course on Monday, voting alongside five other Council members to adopt the original plan of fines applying to violations for any part of the Residential Landlord Tenant Ordinance (RLTO).
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landlord. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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landlord
noun
land·lord
-ˌ(d)lȯ(ə)rd
1
: the owner of land or houses that is rented to another
2
: a person who runs an inn or rooming house
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