lessee

[le-see]

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 lessees

All the lessees did the same thing, and partially protected each other against fraud.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field|Thomas W. Knox
But none the less did she give loud expression to all that was in her mind anent the lessees and the commissionaires.
Cleo The Magnificent|Louis Zangwill
After the Fortune was thus closed, the lessees were in a predicament.
Shakespearean Playhouses|Joseph Quincy Adams
"But why do not you state your grievances to the landlords and lessees," said the stranger.
Sybil|Benjamin Disraeli

The excuse of the lessees for their failure to pay was the "restraint from playing."
Shakespearean Playhouses|Joseph Quincy Adams

British Dictionary definitions for lessees

lessee

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 lessees

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).