lessee

Example Sentences

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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 lessee made these changes, which is allowed and we support because they enhance salmon protection along the Ballard Locks.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Most studio operators did not lose a single lessee during the production shutdown, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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

My brother Gasparo's direction of the theatre of which he was the sole lessee bore such fruits as every one predicted.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo