| 词汇 | absentee-landlord |
| 释义 | absentee landlord noun[ C ] uk /ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈlænd.lɔːd/ us /ˌæb.sən.tiː ˈlænd.lɔːrd/ a person who rents out a house, apartment, or farm to someone, but never or almost never visits it（将房产等租给他人，但很少或不来看管的）在外房主，在外地主，在外业主 Renting property BTL co-tenant fiefdom flatshare freehold key money lease leasehold leaseholder lessee letting lodge rent strike rental renter sitting tenant subtenant tenancy tenanted untenanted absentee landlord | Business Englishabsentee landlord noun[ C ] ukus PROPERTY a person who rents a property to someone, but who does not live in or visit the property: Absentee landlords who fail to maintain their properties are bringing down property prices in the neighbourhood. Examples of absentee landlordabsentee landlord Charges could be pressed—the police are quite happy to do so—but the tenant cannot be got rid of because the absenteelandlord refuses to act. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the evil of the absenteelandlord. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We wish to deal with the bad landlord who will not carry out repairs, and the absenteelandlord who may be unknown to his tenants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we talk of absentee landlords, these are the worst types of absenteelandlord that have ever existed in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also the question of the absenteelandlord. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our complaint is that the profit on that land goes not to the community, but to the absenteelandlord. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In that instance, the absenteelandlord deliberately failed to pay the mortgage, thus inciting the mortgage company to foreclosure and eviction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He refused to take it down and his absenteelandlord could not care one way or the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much has been made of the phrase "absenteelandlord". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that a resident, as opposed to an absenteelandlord, is of substantial benefit to everyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes weeks and months to get hold of the absenteelandlord in order to obtain a court action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the usual way for any tenants to report repair items for attention to an absenteelandlord is through a regular rent collector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A real and pernicious problem in their areas is the private landlord—the absenteelandlord who buys up properties and milks the housing benefit system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are the tenants living there under this unknown, absenteelandlord going to be better off than they are under the present landlord? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we not in the position of an absenteelandlord who finds squatters on his premises? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of absentee landlord These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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