| 单词 | landlord |
| 释义 | landlord (once / 315 pages) n If you lease an apartment, the person to whom you pay rent is your landlord. A landlord owns a house, building, or property and rents it out to other people. Many people have landlords they call when their drains are clogged and mail their rent checks to on the first of each month. Business owners often have landlords too, who own their retail or office spaces. Men and women can both be landlords, although you can also call a female landlord a landlady. The concept of a landlord goes back to feudalism — the lord part comes from "Lord of the Manor." WORD FAMILYlandlord: landlords USAGE EXAMPLESIn Los Angeles, some landlords are offering six months of free parking, and some in Houston are waiving security deposits. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) "The likelihood is that, because of its location, most of the early landlords were connected with horses, carriages and stabling," writes Dailey. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Detroit police spokesman Dan Donakowski says tenants of the home told officers they never entered the garage because the landlord prohibited it. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a landowner who leases to others Hypo|Hyper landlady a landlord who is a woman landholder, landowner, property owner a holder or proprietor of land |
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