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Webster 1913 Edition

Lessee

Les-see′

(lĕs-sē′)
,
Noun.
[F.
laissé
, p. p. of
laisser
. See
Lease
,
Verb.
T.
]
(Law)
The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lessee

LESSEE'

,
Noun.
[from lease.] The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.

Definition 2024

lessee

lessee

English

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.
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Etymology 2

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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?

Etymology

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

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