lessee

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

lessee (plural lessees)

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.
The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner.

one to whom a lease is given

lessee

Pronunciation spelling of let's see.
- 1947, Benjamin Appel, But Not Yet Slain, page 83:
  Lessee now, who else does the old master know?