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lessee, lodger, roomer, tenant
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The City Council will convene Wednesday to discuss starting negotiations with three property owners who could be landlords for a temporary shelter. — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, "Newport Beach eyes three potential sites for temporary homeless shelter," 30 Aug. 2019 One common scam, Ortiz said, is a landlord disappearing as soon as someone gives them a deposit. — Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Remain in Mexico: Tijuana rent scams target asylum seekers," 26 Aug. 2019 CSL Plasma, a plasma donation center, has leased 15,265 square feet of space in the former Rite Aid building at 1971 Government St., at The Loop in Mobile, according to Nathan Handmacher of Stirling Properties, who represented the landlord. — Kathy Jumper, al, "New restaurants coming to Legacy Village," 25 Aug. 2019 Kovac and others also noted that while there may be landlords abusing the system, there are also cases in which tenants can't afford the rent. — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee renters can now easily see a landlord's eviction record before signing a lease," 29 July 2019 Some Westerners have long complained the U.S. government is an absentee landlord, managing vast tracts of public lands in their states from the nation's capital instead of closer to the properties themselves. — CBS News, "Sen. Cory Gardner: U.S. Land Management agency moving out west," 16 July 2019 Many investors saw the motley collection as epitomizing everything wrong with being a landlord—the deterioration of the properties, the hassles of maintaining a far-flung portfolio. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Meet the A.I. Landlord That’s Building a Single-Family-Home Empire," 21 June 2019 By the same token, all lawmakers who are landlords — 25% of the Legislature, according to CALmatters — should be made to follow the rent control regulations many Democrats are now pushing. — Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, "Mathews: Legislators should feel the housing crisis like the rest of us," 21 June 2019 By keeping seagulls and pigeons away, the hawks and falcons save hotels and landlords the cost of cleaning up bird excrement and nests. — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, "Calling in the ‘bird mafia’ to intimidate pesky pigeons and seagulls," 18 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'landlord.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nounFinancial Definition of landlord
What It Is
A landlord is an individual who owns real estate that he or she leases to renters.
How It Works
Landlords may own either residential or commercial properties. They lease the properties to families or companies in return for monthly rent. As the owning party, a landlord's obligations include structural maintenance and repairs as well as property tax payments (typically built into the rent).
For example, suppose Bob owns a three-bedroom apartment that he chooses to lease for rent. A family enters into a lease contract with Bob, the landlord. The family agrees to pay him $1,000 each month for a specific length of time (usually one year) in return for the right to live in the apartment.
Why It Matters
By leasing their properties, landlords can generate cash flow that accompanies the appreciation in their properties' market value.
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