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lessor

[les-awr, le-sawr] / ˈlɛs ɔr, lɛˈsɔr /
NOUN
landlord
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NOUN
granter of lease
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STRONG
leaser renter
WEAK


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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

The lessor, Christopher Ratlife, of Hewick, died before 10 Henry VII., and the editor of the above work says, "It is impossible to account for the peculiarity in the date of this deed."

From Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851 by Various




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