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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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Recent Examples of landlord
But each year his landlord has increased the rent, upping it to $1,795 from $1,625 this year — a 9% increase.
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Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Rising vacancies would in turn force landlords to slash rents.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Ricardo divided society into three rivalrous classes—landlords, capitalists, and workers—and showed how the landlords were able to take the lion’s share of the economic surplus by virtue of owning, and charging rent on, a scarce and valuable resource: land.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Like many office landlords who borrowed before the pandemic, Trump now has a building that is worth less than its mortgage balance on paper.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Rising vacancies would in turn force landlords to slash rents.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Ricardo divided society into three rivalrous classes—landlords, capitalists, and workers—and showed how the landlords were able to take the lion’s share of the economic surplus by virtue of owning, and charging rent on, a scarce and valuable resource: land.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Like many office landlords who borrowed before the pandemic, Trump now has a building that is worth less than its mortgage balance on paper.
—Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landlord
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Oscar winner Cillian Murphy and artist Yvonne McGuinness are the new proprietors of The Phoenix Cinema in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Note that those who freelance or are the sole proprietors of a company can’t use this pathway, though business owners may qualify as investors.Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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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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Been a fan of both Berry and Mays, to a lessor extent, all my life but didn't know this side.Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 19 July 2024
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Angelina Eberly, the hero of the Archives War in Austin — there is a statue of her on Congress Avenue — and an innkeeper at San Felipe de Austin, is buried here.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
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The innkeeper seemed uncomfortable at seeing him, and Craint held up a hand in reassurance.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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For the most part, CVs are used by academics, scientists, lawyers, physicians and other professionals with letters after their name.Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
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The information was central to what NSSF called its voter education program, which involved sending letters, postcards and later emails to persuade gun buyers to vote for the firearms industry’s preferred political candidates.Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Almost all of our renters still love the vibe of a downtown space that, unlike so much of our neighborhood, hasn’t been completely stripped of its character.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Almost 20 percent of renters are classified as extremely low-income.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlord. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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