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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

The estate of a laborer killed on the job has reached a $9.8 million settlement with the city of Marysville, its Canadian contractor and the lessor of a machine that killed him.

From Seattle Times Jan. 13, 2024

In some cases the lessor of slaves procured an obligation of complete insurance from the lessee.

From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips




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