Meanings
lessee1
plural lessees
- An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.
These automobiles will be covered for the three excluded perils, if loss is caused by the lessee or the rentee.
1989, Harry F. Brooks, Donald S. Malecki, Insuring the Lease Exposure, Cincinnati, OH: National Underwriter Co., →ISBN, page 116
lessee2
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of let's see.
Lessee now, who else does the old master know?
1947, Benjamin Appel, But Not Yet Slain, page 831 more example
Huh? My name? Lessee... I just came outta that egg, so I guess I don'thave a name yet.
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
lessee · noun
- Anglo-Normanlessié
- Englishlessee
From Anglo-Norman lessié, past participle of lessier (“to permit, to let”).
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian наемател
- наемател (naematel)one to whom a lease is given
Czech nájemce
- nájemceone to whom a lease is given
Danish forpagter
- forpagterone to whom a lease is given
Finnish vuokralainen
- vuokralainenone to whom a lease is given
French locataire
- locataireone to whom a lease is given
German Pächter, Mieter
- Pächterone to whom a lease is given
- Mieterone to whom a lease is given
- Leasingnehmerone to whom a lease is given
Hungarian bérlő
- bérlőone to whom a lease is given
Māori kairīhi, kaitango rīhi
- kairīhione to whom a lease is given
- kaitango rīhione to whom a lease is given
Norwegian Bokmål leietager, leietaker
- leietagerone to whom a lease is given
- leietakerone to whom a lease is given
Portuguese arrendatário
- arrendatárioone to whom a lease is given
Russian аренда́тор, съёмщик
- аренда́тор (arendátor)one to whom a lease is given
- съёмщик (sʺjómščik)one to whom a lease is given
Spanish inquilino, arrendatario
- inquilinoone to whom a lease is given
- arrendatarioone to whom a lease is given
Turkish kiracı
- kiracıone to whom a lease is given
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lessee
All rhymes →Cite this entry
lessee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessee
“lessee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lessee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessee.
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