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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

While his conscience so multiplied each bill and poster and programme that in twenty-four hours London seemed to him a great hoarding of which his ward was the sole lessee.

From Laid up in Lavender by Stanley J. Weyman

“Vivos has prided itself on the ability of members to coexist with each other and within the confines of the Rules and Regulations,” it said in an email to lessees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Most of the revenue outperformance came because the company is cashing in on the value of new agreements with lessees.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Groups that face disproportionate rates of homelessness make up a larger-than-average percentage of lessees.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

The settlement covers owners and lessees of dozens of Toyota and Lexus vehicle models manufactured in the 2013 to 2020 model years and equipped with Denso low-pressure fuel pumps.

From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2022

He proceeded to bring the subject of constructing a “Travelling Engine,” as he then denominated the locomotive, under the notice of the lessees of the Killingworth Colliery, in the year 1813. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles


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