lessor

English

Alternative forms

• lessour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lessour, from Anglo-Norman lessour.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: less‧or

Noun

lessor (plural lessors)

1. (property law) The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.

   Synonyms: landlord, lease provider, (informal) leaser

   Antonyms: lessee, tenant

   Hyponyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser

Derived terms

• colessor
• sub-lessor

Translations

owner of property that is leased

Bulgarian: наемодател m (naemodatel) Chinese: Mandarin: (please verify) 出租人 (chūzūrén) Dutch: verhuurder (nl) m Finnish: vuokranantaja (fi) French: bailleur (fr) m German: Vermieter (de) m, Leasinggeber m Hungarian: bérbeadó (hu) sg Japanese: (please verify) 賃貸人 Korean: 임대인 (ko) (imdaein) Latin: locātor m Maori: kaituku rīhi, kairēti Norwegian: Bokmål: utleier m Polish: arendarz (pl) m (archaic), arendarka f (archaic) Portuguese: arrendador m Russian: арендода́тель (ru) m (arendodátelʹ) Spanish: arrendador m Swedish: utarrenderare c, hyresvärd (sv) c, uthyrare c

Anagrams

• Losers, Rosels, Selsor, Solers, Sorels, losers, rossel, slores, solers, sorels