Definitions for landlord
ˈlændˌlɔrdland·lord

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. landlordnoun

   a landowner who leases to others

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Landlordnoun

   The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as, the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month.

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. landlordnoun

   a person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.

2. landlordnoun

   the owner or manager of a public house

3. landlordnoun

   A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Landlordnoun

   Etymology: land and lord

   1. One who owns land or houses, and has tenants under him.

   This regard shall be had, that in no place, under any landlord, there shall be many of them placed together, but dispersed. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   The universal landlord. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   It is a generous pleasure in a landlord, to love to see all his tenants look fat, sleek, and contented. Clarissa.

   2. The master of an inn.

   Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord, who knew him by his whistle. Addison.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Landlordnoun

   the lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants

2. Landlordnoun

   the master of an inn or of a lodging house

3. Etymology: [See Land, and Lord.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Landlord

   A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant. When a juristic person is in this position, the term landlord is used. Other terms include lessor and owner. The term landlady may be used for female owners, and lessor applies to both genders.

Matched Categories

1. • Landowner

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'landlord' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3603

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'landlord' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4154

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'landlord' in Nouns Frequency: #1246

How to pronounce landlord?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say landlord in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of landlord in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of landlord in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of landlord in a Sentence

1. State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:

   The current real-estate boom ... is not like the real-estate booms we have seen before, it is not going down. This is the landlord-tenant equivalent of climate change.

2. Molly Reich:

   Our landlord wouldn't allow us to participate, but then someone from offices and hospitality talked to them and they finally agreed.

3. Solomon Greene:

   Most renters don't know what kind of mortgage their landlord has.

4. Jessica Caraballo:

   I just don't see how that is going to stand, a piece of paper isn't going to cut it. I know it wouldn't cut it for me( if I were a landlord).

5. Rob Aeschbach:

   For a rental property I'd estimate 2% of the home's value per year on maintenance. So for a $200,000 house, expect to pay $4,000 per year on ‘stuff’ that the landlord pays for. That could include irregular big ticket items like replacing a deck, carpet or water heater.

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