landlords

noun

Definition of landlordsnext
plural of landlord
1
as in proprietors
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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2
as in taverners
the owner or manager of an inn 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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Recent Examples of landlords Why would investors or profit-seeking landlords and developers keep housing off the market? — Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 This myth takes two forms—in cities, landlords are supposedly keeping housing off the market, driving up prices. — Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Big Lots retail landlords are lining up to get that their back rent paid. — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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  1. proprietors
  2. letters
  3. renters
Noun
  • While some content owners have agreed to sell their wares to AI proprietors, others have held out and in some cases filed lawsuits against tech firms.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
  • When a bar called Time Again opened in May on the stub of a dead-end street in Chinatown, the proprietors set out some red and blue plastic stools reminiscent of an elementary-school cafeteria’s.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of proprietors
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  • The president’s decision to block the deal came after a federal committee reviewing the transaction opted to not make a formal recommendation about whether the takeover should be allowed to proceed, according to letters sent to the companies and the White House last month.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • My hope is that a lot of people who write to the column will re-read their letters in 10 years and feel differently.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of letters
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  • Advertisement The app works by connecting renters to car owners seeking to share their vehicle for a profit.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Hosts can meet owners in person to pick up the car or organize a remote handoff, in which renters unlock the car using a lockbox code or the app.
    — Ivana Saric, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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