lessee

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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

The 10-year leases may be extended “if the lessee establishes production or provides proof of diligent exploration,” the BLM said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2025

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said her department must be consistent in how it applies lease terms to ensure that no lessee receives special treatment.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

Tack′ling, furniture or apparatus belonging to the masts, yards, &c. of a ship: harness for drawing a carriage: tackle or instruments; Tacks′man, a tenant or lessee.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various