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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
However, rent and mortgage payments lag significantly, with only 10% of respondents choosing credit cards—likely due to hefty processing fees, limited acceptance by landlords and the financial risk of accumulating high-interest balances.
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Rick Watkin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Decades later, new landlords in Old Town abruptly ended one lease, then another, and his antique dealing friends kept telling him to move to Adams.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
From a business perspective, this all seems to be in service of reducing turnover — expensive for both landlords and tenants.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 May 2025
The two played Lucy and Desi's landlords, who often fought on the show — but those fights reportedly spilled into real life, too.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Rick Watkin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Decades later, new landlords in Old Town abruptly ended one lease, then another, and his antique dealing friends kept telling him to move to Adams.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
From a business perspective, this all seems to be in service of reducing turnover — expensive for both landlords and tenants.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 May 2025
The two played Lucy and Desi's landlords, who often fought on the show — but those fights reportedly spilled into real life, too.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landlord
Noun
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Seema Prasad, proprietor of the Nashville farm-to-table bistro Miel, trains servers to ask questions that will help send diners in the right direction.—
Maggie Hennessy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Nearly half of Americans (43 percent) consider Trump the sole proprietor of the U.S. economy, according to a recent survey by Gallup.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Using off-lease cars is a big win, as nobody cares if a taxi is 3 years old, and so some lessor eats 40% or more of the depreciation on the vehicle.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Citi upgrades Air Lease to buy from neutral Citi said the air craft lessor is well positioned.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
Noun
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She has also recently been announced for the role of the evil innkeeper Madame Thénardier in Fred Cavayé’s upcoming adaptation of Les Miserables, alongside Benjamin Lavernhe as Monsieur Thénardier.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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In many places the State Department has become little more than an innkeeper for other agencies.—
Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Allen sent a letter detailing the violations to St. Hope administrators July 26, giving them 30 days to respond with a plan to remedy the violations.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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For example, the museum obtained a letter written by Grace Thorpe to her mother during World War II because someone had found it in an antique shop.—
Nathan Pugh,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Tenants say this type of eviction may be used in retaliation when renters complain about housing conditions or to evict every resident of a building or complex when new ownership purchases the property.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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Only property owners can protest, even though renters will absolutely foot the bill through higher housing costs.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlord. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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