Sekirov Dictionary

landlord

UK /ˈlænd.lɔːd/US /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
a person who owns a house or rooms and lets other people live there for money
- Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie, Then to haue this difference in degrees: The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees. So quickly the poore mans substance is spent […] — 1593
(UK) The owner or manager of a public house.
(slang) A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

verb1

•
(rare) To lease real property; to act as a lessor.
- All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists. — 1920

forms

landlorded · landlording · landlords

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome