landlord
UK/'lændlɒ:d/US
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Definitions
n.
A person who owns a property and rents it out to tenants
房东，业主
n.
A man who runs a pub or boarding house (British)
（英）酒馆/旅店老板
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedland + lord = 'lord of the land.' In feudal England this was the noble who owned the land tenants farmed. As feudalism faded, the meaning narrowed to today's everyday sense: the person who owns a property and collects your rent.
Root land still carries 17 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.strict landlord严格的房东
- 2.absentee landlord不在场的房东（外地房东）
- 3.private landlord私人房东
Example Sentences
- 1.
Our landlord raised the rent again this year.
- 2.
The tenants complained to the landlord about the broken heating.
- 3.
The pub's landlord knows every regular by name.
Easily Confused
landlord vs tenant — opposites in a rental: the landlord owns the property and receives rent; the tenant rents it and pays rent. Don't mix them up: the landlord lets the property, the tenant rents it from them.