lessee
[le-see]
- a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
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Origin of lessee
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In 1649 the arrears of the lessees having reached the sum of £974 5s.
Shakespearean PlayhousesJoseph Quincy Adams
The excuse of the lessees for their failure to pay was the "restraint from playing."
Shakespearean PlayhousesJoseph Quincy Adams
After the Fortune was thus closed, the lessees were in a predicament.
Shakespearean PlayhousesJoseph Quincy Adams
We are selling on liberal terms to the lessees or their representatives.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1Samuel J. Tilden
Its present lessees and managers are Messrs. Frock and Mitchell.
The Old PikeThomas B. Searight
lessee
- a person to whom a lease is granted; a tenant under a lease
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Word Origin
C15: via Anglo-French from Old French lessé, from lesser to lease 1
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Word Origin and History for lessees
lessee
n.
"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).
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