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

Words nearby lessor

Lesser Slave Lake, Lesser Sunda Islands, Lessing, Lessing, Doris, lesson, lessor, less than, lest, Lester, lestobiosis, lest we forget

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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