Synonyms

lessor

American

[les-awr, le-sawr] / ˈlɛs ɔr, lɛˈsɔr /

noun

a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.

lessor British

/ ˈlɛsɔː, lɛˈsɔː /

noun

a person who grants a lease of property

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Etymology

Origin of lessor

1350–1400; Middle English lesso ( u ) r < Anglo-French. See lease ¹, -or ²

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Example Sentences

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Goff said the company is returning the planes to its lessor, which she declined to identify.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

There are individual owners of flats, then a residential management company, and then the landlord - or head lessor - above them.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

But on Thursday, Davis said that the lessor had pulled out of the deal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Insurers for the contractor and machine lessor, Synagro-WWT, paid the settlement funds.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

A landowner has no competence to issue public orders with regard to it, and a lessee of land has to discharge certain responsibilities towards the lessor.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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