lessee

[le-see]

noun

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

Origin of lessee

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

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

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Related Words for lessees

renter, tenant

Examples from the Web for lessees

Historical Examples of lessees

In 1649 the arrears of the lessees having reached the sum of £974 5s.
Shakespearean Playhouses
Joseph Quincy Adams
The excuse of the lessees for their failure to pay was the "restraint from playing."
Shakespearean Playhouses
Joseph Quincy Adams
After the Fortune was thus closed, the lessees were in a predicament.
Shakespearean Playhouses
Joseph Quincy Adams
We are selling on liberal terms to the lessees or their representatives.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 1
Samuel J. Tilden
Its present lessees and managers are Messrs. Frock and Mitchell.
The Old Pike
Thomas B. Searight

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).