0 a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it: --
Housing associations are the biggest landlords in this area.
The landlord had promised to redecorate the bedrooms before we moved in.
1 a man who is in charge of a pub or bar --
2 a person who owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it: --
3 a person or organization that owns a room, building, or piece of land that someone else pays rent to use: --
They had the power to force landlords to pay for improvements on their estates over which they had little or no control.
He appears to be answering some critic, not identified, who has objected that ecclesiastical landlords are not hereditary and may not come from the nobility.
Thus, small traders, indigenous producers and small farmers have to depend upon friends, relatives, landlords and money-lenders for loans.
What motivated the landlords to drive older tenants out of their property by harassment ?
Fixed investment such as in liming or buildings was usually financed by landlords, although tenants had to provide the labour.
In these cases, landlords or their agents often had privileged access to market information and could provide better managerial skills.
Evidence from this study contrasts with assumptions of strict control by landlords based on their theoretical powers.
Inhabitation of a portion of land was to be more emphatically on the landlord's terms.
