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landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant. When a juristic person is in this position, the term landlord is used. Other terms include
lessor,
housing provider, and
owner. The term
landlady may be used for the female owners. The manager of a pub in the United Kingdom, strictly speaking a
licensed victualler, is referred to as the landlord/landlady. In political economy it refers to the owner of natural resources alone from which an economic rent, a form of passive income, is the income received.