absentee landlord
noun
someone who does not live in or visit very frequently a property that they rent to someone else
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noun
someone who does not live in or visit very frequently a property that they rent to someone else
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a person who lives in a house or apartment, especially the person who owns the house or pays the rent
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someone who pays rent to use land or property and has signed a lease (=a legal agreement) with the owner. The owner is called the lessor.
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someone who allows another person to pay to use their land or property under a lease (=a legal agreement). The person who uses the land or property is the lessee.
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someone who owns buildings that are in very bad condition and charges people too much money to live in them
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someone who rents a house, room, or apartment from a tenant (=the person who is already renting it from the owner)
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someone who rents an apartment, house, office, piece of land, etc. from the person who owns it
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