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Lessor - 6 dictionary results

les⋅sor

[les-awr, le-sawr]
–noun
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME lesso(u)r < AF. See lease 1 , -or 2
les·sor   (lěs'ôr', lě-sôr')   
n.  One that lets property under a lease.

[Middle English lessour, from Anglo-Norman, from lesser, to let out, lease; see lease.]

Lessor

Les"sor\ (l[e^]s"s[o^]r or l[e^]s*s[^o]r"), n. [See Lessee, Lease, v. t.] (Law) One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease. --Blackstone.

Lessor

The person who rents land or property to a lessee.

Investopedia Commentary

The lessor is also known as the "landlord."

See also: Cash on Cash Return, Deed, Investment Real Estate, Leaseback, Lessee, Mortgage, Real Estate Limited Partnership, REIT


lessor

The owner of an asset who permits another party to use the asset under a lease. Compare lessee.


Main Entry: les·sor
Pronunciation: 'le-"sor, le-'sor
Function: noun
: a person who conveys the possession of real or personal property under a lease
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