Lessee definition

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One that holds a lease; a tenant.
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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.
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The definition of a lessee is a tenant or a person who is renting a property.

A tenant leasing an apartment is an example of a lessee.

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A person to whom property is leased; tenant.
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The tenant of real property, or holder of personal property, under a lease.
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The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
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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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Eye dialect spelling of let's see.
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Noun

Singular:
lessee
Plural:
lessees

Origin of lessee

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman from past participle of lesser to let out, lease lease

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Lessee Sentence Examples

  • Sporting rights will pass to the lessee unless reserved.

  • An alien was, at common law, incapable of being either a lessor or a lessee.

  • A lease under the Settled Land Act 1882 must be by deed and must be made to take effect in possession not later than 12 months after its date; the best rent that can reasonably be obtained must be reserved and the lease must contain a covenant by the lessee for payment of the rent, and a condition of re-entry on nonpayment within a specified time not exceeding 30 days.

  • Thus a lessee is under an implied obligation to treat the premises demised in a tenant-like or " husband-like " manner, and again, where in a lease by deed the word " demise " is used, the lessor probably covenants impliedly for his own title and for the quiet enjoyment of the premises by the lessee.

  • A covenant by the lessor, limited to his own acts and those of persons claiming under or through him, for the "quiet enjoyment" by the lessee of the demised premises, and covenants by the lessee to pay rent, to pay taxes, except such as fall upon the landlord, to keep the premises in repair, and to allow the landlord to enter and view the condition of the premises may be taken as typical instances of " usual " covenants.

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