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lessee

[le-see] / lɛˈsi /
NOUN
holder of lease
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Jefferies doesn’t expect the government to reinstate the tax, citing last year’s Oilfields Development Bill, which stipulates that petroleum lease terms should remain stable and not be altered to the disadvantage of the lessee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

He added that the state is in litigation with the lessee and believes it has been subleasing the space.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2023

“We must be consistent in how we apply lease terms to ensure that no lessee receives special treatment.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

A later lessee, Walter Nettleton, changed its name to Marymoor to memorialize a daughter killed in a childhood accident.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2021

Without a moment's delay he despatched Mr Jarrett, his acting-manager, to Mr F. B. Chatterton, then the lessee of Drury Lane, to endeavour to secure that theatre from March till the end of July.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling




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