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A person who turns owning a roof into a monthly subscription you can never cancel.
means Someone who owns property and rents it out to tenants in exchange for regular payments.
from From Old English hlafweard, the loaf-keeper who fed his household, later hlaford, lord — the master of land who provided, then mostly collected.
Original dutyThe word literally meant bread-provider, not rent-collector.
Female formLandlady predates the lordly title by centuries.
Ancient gigBabylonian tablets record rental disputes 4,000 years ago.