lessor

[ les-awr, le-sawr ]

/ ˈlɛs ɔr, lɛˈsɔr /

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noun

a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.

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Origin of lessor

1350–1400; Middle English lesso(u)r<Anglo-French. See lease¹, -or²

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lessor

lesser, lessor

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How to use lessor in a sentence

“Mr. Mitchell thus controls both your management company and your lessor,” the IRS wrote in a denial letter.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’|ProPublica|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the hands of a lessor actor, she might have even seemed like an exposition machine.
Welcome to Snowpiercer’s Apocalypse|Teo Bugbee|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The lessor is more generally known as the landlord, and the lessee as the tenant.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

An act done by a wrongdoer, not under the lessor's order, will not justify the lessee in quitting.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Owner or lessor of buildings for assemblage liable for gross misdemeanor.
The I.W.W.|Paul Frederick Brissenden
Observe the lessor—a benevolent, dignified, but cautious person!
The Comforts of Home|Ralph Bergengren

British Dictionary definitions for lessor

lessor

/ (ˈlɛsɔː, lɛˈsɔː) /

noun

a person who grants a lease of property

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