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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

Airbus has signed orders this month including 60 A320-family jets with a lessor and 10 A350s with a major airline, said the planemaker's Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer.

From Reuters • Jun. 16, 2023

Its lessor had forbidden his fraudulent people to prospect or to mine, because, as usual, they systematically robbed him of his royalty.

From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir