as in landlord
the owner of land or housing that is rented to another lessors are free to charge as much as they want for a house

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Recent Examples of lessor But building management and a lessor of office space there said AdStyle isn’t a tenant. Craig Silverman, ProPublica, 10 July 2023 The small fleet grounded four aircraft a year ago after missing rental payments, and the lessor is seeking $191 million in a contested legal battle. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 27 June 2023 Many dealers require lessors to put down a security deposit after signing the lease. Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 21 June 2023 Veteran lessor Steven Udvar-Házy Chairman of Air Lease Corporation is willing to lease aircraft to start ups in the current crisis but not before forensically analysing their business plans and operating context and will limit exposure to only a few percentage points of total business. John Strickland, Forbes, 30 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for lessor 

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“Lessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lessor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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