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landlord

/land-lawrd/US // ˈlændˌlɔrd //UK // (ˈlændˌlɔːd) //

房东,地主,房主,房東

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
    • : a person who owns and leases land, buildings, etc.
    • : a person who owns or runs an inn, lodging house, etc.
    • : a landowner.

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Examples

  • She had stopped at the counter to find out which courtroom she needed to go to for hearing about the money she still owed her former landlord.

  • By summer, the taproom and restaurant, its landlord and the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District had closed a parking lane on Half Street SE, filling the space with 17 picnic tables.

  • The city has more workers than it can house in its own buildings, so it has long leased office space from private landlords.

  • On Monday, Newsom and state leaders pledged to pay off 80 percent of the unpaid rent if landlords agree to forgive the remaining 20 percent.

  • Under the new enforcement policy, the city will work with landlords of persistent violators to bring them into compliance.

  • To make matters worse, Kromah says his landlord has given him an eviction notice.

  • And people searching to take over a lease can select “landlord approved” apartments to streamline the process.

  • Noor was in the summer camp workshops the day the landlord predator was discovered and ejected.

  • “I was warned by my landlord to leave his house before someone burns it down because of my gay work and sexuality,” he says.

  • One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.

  • Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.

  • The landlord handed him his bill—'Two weeks board at five dollars—ten dollars.'

  • "In a moment, sir," answered the landlord respectfully, and he turned again to the Parisian.

  • Before the distressed landlord could utter a word, the stranger had wheeled about again to face Garnache.

  • The landlord, an unstoppable gramophone of garrulity, entering by the street-door and bearing down upon him, put him to flight.