Kiadót

Kiadót is the accusative singular form of kiadó, a Hungarian noun with two main senses. The word stems from the verb kiad, meaning to publish, issue, or let out, and the agent suffix -ó, creating a term that can refer either to a person or a company that performs a publishing or rental action.

One common sense is as a landlord or lessor in real estate. In this usage, kiadó denotes the person or entity from whom property, especially a dwelling, is rented. The phrase kiadó lakás (a flat for rent) is widely used in advertisements and listings, where the kiadó is the entity that owns or manages the property and enters into rental contracts. In this context kiadó and bérbeadó can be used interchangeably in everyday speech, though bérbeadó is more formal in some contexts.

A second sense is publishing. In the publishing industry, kiadó refers to a publisher or publishing house—an organization that prints, distributes, and markets books, journals, music, or software. The term is used both for individual publishers and for corporate entities known as kiadók (plural).

Etymology and usage nuances: kiadó derives from kiad with the agent suffix, and its meaning depends on context. The accusative form kiadót is used when the publisher or landlord is the direct object of a verb, as in kiadót keresek (I am looking for the publisher) or felhívtam a kiadót (I called the publisher).

See also: kiadó, kiadóvállalat, kiadói, bérbeadó. In practice, kiadó has closely related meanings in publishing and real estate, with contextual distinctions clear through surrounding nouns and phrases.