lessee

[ le-see ]

/ lɛˈsi /

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noun

a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.

RELATED WORDS

renter, tenant

Nearby words

Origin of lessee

1485–95; < Anglo-French. See lease¹, -ee

Related formsles·see·ship, nounun·der·les·see, noun

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Examples from the Web for lessee

He was paid as owner or lessee of the House used by this or that company.
Shakespeare, Bacon and the Great Unknown|Andrew Lang
Captain Polhill afterwards became the lessee, and sunk in it large sums of money.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury
This Shakespearean allusion appeared to be lost on the lessee, but he evidently understood what pressure meant.
The Chestermarke Instinct|J. S. Fletcher
By ordinary lease running for any convenient term and renewable at the will of the lessee.
Japan and the California Problem|Toyokichi Iyenaga

To sum up, it is good work and good play, and so the new manager and lessee is at this present moment a Triumphal Carr.
Punch, or the London Charivari, October 21st 1893|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lessee

lessee

/ (lɛˈsiː) /

noun

a person to whom a lease is granted; a tenant under a lease

Derived Formslesseeship, noun

Word Origin for lessee

C15: via Anglo-French from Old French lessé, from lesser to lease 1

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Word Origin and History for lessee

lessee

"one to whom a lease is given," late 15c., from Anglo-French lesee, Old French lessé, past participle of lesser (Modern French laisser) "to let, leave" (see lease).