lessee

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈsiː/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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.
   • 1989, Harry F. Brooks, Donald S. Malecki, Insuring the Lease Exposure‎^[1], Cincinnati, OH: National Underwriter Co., →ISBN, page 116:

     These automobiles will be covered for the three excluded perils, if loss is caused by the lessee or the rentee.

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

• leasee, renter, tenant

Antonyms

• lessor, landlord

Hyponyms

• subtenant, undertenant, sublessee, underlessee

Translations

one to whom a lease is given

• Bulgarian: наемател (naematel)
• Danish: forpagter c (fixed property)
• Finnish: vuokralainen (fi)
• French: locataire (fr) m or f
• German: Pächter (de) m, Mieter (de) m, Leasingnehmer m
• Hungarian: bérlő (hu) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 賃借人 (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 (es) m, arrendatario (es) m
• Turkish: kiracı (tr)

Etymology 2

Contraction.

Verb

lessee

1. Pronunciation spelling of let's see.
   • 1947, Benjamin Appel, But Not Yet Slain, page 83:

     Lessee now, who else does the old master know?

References

• “lessee”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Leeses, leeses