Landlord
noun
A person who rents out a property to another person.
My landlord is coming over tomorrow to fix the leak in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- private landlord
- ask the landlord
noun
An owner of one or more houses or pieces of land who gets rent from people using them.
He is a landlord of a number of properties in the city.
Often appears as...
- landlord tenant law
- landlord insurance
noun
A man who owns and rents out a pub to another person.
The landlord at the local pub is a very friendly character.
Often appears as...
- speak to the landlord
- local landlord
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A person who rents out a property to another person.
My landlord is coming over tomorrow to fix the leak in the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- private landlord
- ask the landlord
noun
An owner of one or more houses or pieces of land who gets rent from people using them.
He is a landlord of a number of properties in the city.
Often appears as...
- landlord tenant law
- landlord insurance
noun
A man who owns and rents out a pub to another person.
The landlord at the local pub is a very friendly character.
Often appears as...
- speak to the landlord
- local landlord
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Rental Agreements
Understand that 'landlord' often is involved in legal rental contracts or agreements with tenants.
Before moving in, I signed a contract specifying my obligations as a tenant and my landlord's responsibilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Repair Responsibility
'Landlord' also implies responsibility for property repairs, unless otherwise stated in a lease.
When the heating stopped working, I called my landlord to come and repair it.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Deposits
A landlord typically collects a security deposit from tenants to cover possible damages.
My landlord required two months' rent as a security deposit.
Pro Tip 1/3Rental Agreements
Understand that 'landlord' often is involved in legal rental contracts or agreements with tenants.
Before moving in, I signed a contract specifying my obligations as a tenant and my landlord's responsibilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Repair Responsibility
'Landlord' also implies responsibility for property repairs, unless otherwise stated in a lease.
When the heating stopped working, I called my landlord to come and repair it.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Deposits
A landlord typically collects a security deposit from tenants to cover possible damages.
My landlord required two months' rent as a security deposit.
Pro Tip 1/3Rental Agreements
Understand that 'landlord' often is involved in legal rental contracts or agreements with tenants.
Before moving in, I signed a contract specifying my obligations as a tenant and my landlord's responsibilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Repair Responsibility
'Landlord' also implies responsibility for property repairs, unless otherwise stated in a lease.
When the heating stopped working, I called my landlord to come and repair it.
Pro Tip 3/3Security Deposits
A landlord typically collects a security deposit from tenants to cover possible damages.
My landlord required two months' rent as a security deposit.
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What makes us get sick?...
someone who, if it's okay with you, can come to your home and try to understand what's going on with those water leaks and that mold, trying to help you manage those conditions in your housing that I think are causing your symptoms, and if required, that specialist might refer you to another specialist that we call a public interest lawyer, because it might be that your landlord
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Dave Eggers TED Prize 4...
these writers and editors and everybody sort of a writing community coming into the office every day anyway why don't we just open up the front of the building to students to come in there after after school get extra help on their written homework so you have basically no border between these two communities SEP 4 the landlord said well
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Navigating the High Cost...
Come on, look at me. Ay, bye-bye. - Bye bye. - We had an apartment. We were doing good. - We had become good friends with our landlord, and they were selling to a realty company. They were basically just interested in freezing us out. We decided it was time to leave.
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Nalini Nadkarni explores...
of what we call canopy roots. These are not epiphyte these are roots that emerge from the trunk and branch of the host trees themselves. And so those epiphytes are actually paying the landlord a bit of rent in exchange for being supported high above the forest floor.
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Dave Eggers: 2008 TED...
of the printed word, in mural form -- it takes a long time to digest and you have to stand in the middle of the road. So we rented this space. And everything was great except the landlord said, "Well, the space is zoned for retail; you have to come up with something.
Video examples
What makes a language......
In everything from job applications to court testimonies, standard languages act as gatekeepers around the world. For instance, one 1999 study showed that landlords responded to apartment inquiries based on what form of speech their prospective tenants used.
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How Radical Hospitality...
and the only boy in that house. She certainly would have helped Jimmy if he turned to her, and she did often. But Jimmy told me that her landlord started asking questions. He saw Jimmy making his way around the building and he didn't want any trouble.
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The myth of the gay...
bisexual transgendered that's the only reason that a landlord needs to have them removed because there is no protection from discrimination of GLBT people did you know in the states where there is no shading that you can be
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History vs. Vladimir...
"And replaced by something worse. The factory bosses treated the people far worse than their former feudal landlords. And unlike the landlords, they were always there. Russian workers toiled for eleven hours a day
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Leading with purpose PIPE...
landlord on time if you run a legal aid organization and a battered wife will have no escape if the women's center in your community has no money to market because she won't even know it exists
Video examples
What makes us get sick?...
someone who, if it's okay with you, can come to your home and try to understand what's going on with those water leaks and that mold, trying to help you manage those conditions in your housing that I think are causing your symptoms, and if required, that specialist might refer you to another specialist that we call a public interest lawyer, because it might be that your landlord
Video examples
Dave Eggers TED Prize 4...
these writers and editors and everybody sort of a writing community coming into the office every day anyway why don't we just open up the front of the building to students to come in there after after school get extra help on their written homework so you have basically no border between these two communities SEP 4 the landlord said well
Video examples
Navigating the High Cost...
Come on, look at me. Ay, bye-bye. - Bye bye. - We had an apartment. We were doing good. - We had become good friends with our landlord, and they were selling to a realty company. They were basically just interested in freezing us out. We decided it was time to leave.
Video examples
Nalini Nadkarni explores...
of what we call canopy roots. These are not epiphyte these are roots that emerge from the trunk and branch of the host trees themselves. And so those epiphytes are actually paying the landlord a bit of rent in exchange for being supported high above the forest floor.
Video examples
Dave Eggers: 2008 TED...
of the printed word, in mural form -- it takes a long time to digest and you have to stand in the middle of the road. So we rented this space. And everything was great except the landlord said, "Well, the space is zoned for retail; you have to come up with something.
Video examples
What makes a language......
In everything from job applications to court testimonies, standard languages act as gatekeepers around the world. For instance, one 1999 study showed that landlords responded to apartment inquiries based on what form of speech their prospective tenants used.
Video examples
How Radical Hospitality...
and the only boy in that house. She certainly would have helped Jimmy if he turned to her, and she did often. But Jimmy told me that her landlord started asking questions. He saw Jimmy making his way around the building and he didn't want any trouble.
Video examples
The myth of the gay...
bisexual transgendered that's the only reason that a landlord needs to have them removed because there is no protection from discrimination of GLBT people did you know in the states where there is no shading that you can be
Video examples
History vs. Vladimir...
"And replaced by something worse. The factory bosses treated the people far worse than their former feudal landlords. And unlike the landlords, they were always there. Russian workers toiled for eleven hours a day
Video examples
Leading with purpose PIPE...
landlord on time if you run a legal aid organization and a battered wife will have no escape if the women's center in your community has no money to market because she won't even know it exists
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Quote examples
Geena Davis
American Actress
I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.
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Adam Smith
Scottish Economist
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
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Anh Do
Australian Author
My mum raised three kids on her own on sweatshop wages of about six bucks an hour so there was a lot of late rent and landlords knocking on the door.
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Joe Cocker
English Musician
I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.
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Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
There are lots of comic bosses and fathers in sitcoms, but the comic landlord remains rare.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
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Julian Ovenden
English Actor
I don't assume that I am going to be cast as a Glaswegian landlord.
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Taylor Hicks
American Musician
Some people get a kick out of Taylor Hicks being their landlord.
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Two Chainz
American Musician
I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.
Quote examples
Geena Davis
American Actress
I get the feeling that characters are written female when they have to be, and all the other characters are male, and it doesn't occur to somebody that the lawyer, the best friend, the landlord, whoever, can be female.
Quote examples
Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
If there is 'right to buy' for council tenants and housing association properties, then why shouldn't that apply to all tenants? Some landlords are decent, very caring people, but some of them are truly appalling.
Quote examples
Adam Smith
Scottish Economist
As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Quote examples
Anh Do
Australian Author
My mum raised three kids on her own on sweatshop wages of about six bucks an hour so there was a lot of late rent and landlords knocking on the door.
Quote examples
Joe Cocker
English Musician
I think the only thing I would've ever been any good at was probably being a pub landlord. I've thought of that a couple of times.
Quote examples
Josh Widdicombe
English Comedian
There are lots of comic bosses and fathers in sitcoms, but the comic landlord remains rare.
Quote examples
Karl Marx
German Philosopher
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Quote examples
Julian Ovenden
English Actor
I don't assume that I am going to be cast as a Glaswegian landlord.
Quote examples
Taylor Hicks
American Musician
Some people get a kick out of Taylor Hicks being their landlord.
Quote examples
Two Chainz
American Musician
I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.
Example 1 of 10
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