The landlord agreed to reduce the rent for the small bookstore, recognizing the economic hardship of the neighborhood.
房东同意降低这家小书店的租金，因为他认识到社区的经济困境。
Economist Julian Marsh contends that rent control policies discourage landlords from investing in new rental units, ultimately reducing the overall housing supply and making the housing shortage worse for everyone, including future tenants.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
A recent survey of apartment renters found that the most commonly cited reason for choosing not to renew a lease was not rising rent, as many landlords assume, but unresolved maintenance requests that went unaddressed for weeks at a time.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
Which choice best defines “landlord”?
B — A person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment. “landlord” means a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment.
Which word means “a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment”?
A — landlord. “landlord” means a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment.
landlord — a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment. In Chinese: 房东.
landlord is pronounced /ˈlændlɔːrd/.
The landlord agreed to reduce the rent for the small bookstore, recognizing the economic hardship of the neighborhood. (房东同意降低这家小书店的租金，因为他认识到社区的经济困境。)
lessor, property owner, renter — all close in meaning to landlord (a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment).
tenant — each the opposite of landlord (a person who rents out land, a building, or an apartment).
Yes. landlord is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.