lessor

English

Alternative forms

• lessour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English lessour, from Anglo-Norman lessour.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsəɹ/
• (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
• Māori: 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
• Swahili: mkodishaji (sw)
• Swedish: utarrenderare c, hyresvärd (sv) c, uthyrare c

Anagrams

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