lessor
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lessor
1350–1400; Middle English lesso ( u ) r < Anglo-French. See lease 1, -or 2
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Goff said the company is returning the planes to its lessor, which she declined to identify.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
There are individual owners of flats, then a residential management company, and then the landlord - or head lessor - above them.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
But on Thursday, Davis said that the lessor had pulled out of the deal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024
Flair had four aircraft seized in March as a result of a commercial dispute with a New-York based hedge fund and aircraft lessor Airborne Capital Ltd; the matter is now in court.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023
The tenure of the use of the mines by the lessees was usually simply the period of the continued satisfaction of the lessor.
From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)
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