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/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: less‧or

Noun

lessor (plural lessors)

(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

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