tenant, landlord, Business Owners and Landlords Are Facing Off. withdrew from public life and died in obscurity.

Office Towers Are Still Going Up, but Who Will Fill Them?

Developers around the country are grappling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic as tenants cancel plans and workers fear returning to the office.

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Many Business Owners and Landlords Are Facing Off
Companies are trying to renegotiate their office and retail leases — and in some cases refusing to pay. Here’s the latest.

Overlooked No More: Roberta Cowell, Trans Trailblazer, Pilot and Auto Racer

Cowell is said to be the first woman known to undergo sex reassignment surgery in Britain. But after a splash in the 1950s, she withdrew from public life and died in obscurity.

 Any landlord who would not charge lower rents or any tenant who took over the farm of an evicted tenant would be given the complete cold shoulder by Parnell's supporters.

come to terms
1. Reach an agreement, as in The landlord and his tenants soon came to terms regarding repairs. [Early 1700s]

call time

1. (UK) To announce the closing of a pub.

   Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord calls time.

 Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord calls time. 

distraint (noun) The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.
Synonyms: distress
Usage: Originally distraint was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage, but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien.

 Also, come across with. Pay or give what is expected or demanded, as in He finally came across with some food, or The landlord wants the rent, so come across. [Colloquial; late 1800s]