lessee

lessee

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Norman lessié, past participle of lessier (“to permit, to let”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

lessee (plural lessees)

1. An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.
2. The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
3. Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner.

Synonyms

• tenant, renter

Antonyms

• lessor

Translations

one to whom a lease is given

Finnish: vuokralainen (fi) French: locataire (fr) m or f German: Pächter (de) m, Mieter (de) m Hungarian: bérlő (hu) m Japanese: (please verify) 賃借人 Maori: kairīhi, kaitango rīhi

Norwegian: Bokmål: leietager m, leietaker m Portuguese: arrendatário (pt) m Russian: аренда́тор (ru) m (arendátor), съёмщик (ru) m (sʺjómščik) Spanish: inquilino m, arrendatario (es) m Turkish: kiracı (tr)

Etymology 2

Contraction

Verb

lessee

1. Eye dialect spelling of let's see.
   • 1947, Benjamin Appel, But Not Yet Slain (page 83)

     Lessee now, who else does the old master know?

Anagrams

• Leeses, leeses