lessor

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

StanChart's aviation financing business was ranked as the 21st biggest lessor based on the $3.7 billion market value of its fleet in publisher Airfinance Journal's 2022 rankings.

From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023

To say of a man that he leases certain premises leaves it doubtful whether he is lessor or lessee.

From Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults by Bierce, Ambrose