Definitions for lessee

lessee les·see

Spelling: [le-see]
IPA: /lɛˈsi/

Lessee is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in lessee (eeelss).

Definitions for lessee

noun

  1. a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.

Origin of lessee

1485-95; Anglo-French. See lease1, -ee

Examples for lessee

He was sent on board by the lessee of the bar, who lived in Dubuque.

The lessee pays a tenth of the produce of the soil for his right of cultivation.

The two detectives watched the lessee narrowly as that question was put.

This was the opinion in the famous case of Martin vs. Hunter's lessee.

Gray-coat parson, a lay impropriator, or lessee of great tithes.

lessee has the right to renewal for ten years, rent not to exceed £3 an acre.

The owner to whom the lease is given is called the tenant or lessee.

Conductor, on The Apollonicon,—lent to the lessee for that night only,—Mr. Purkis.

The lady is either the owner or the lessee of the Urania Theater.

I was really manager most of the time, and lessee of the theatre.

Word Value for lessee
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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