How to Use lessee in a Sentence

lessee

noun
  • The liquor license gets transferred to the lessee for the length of the contract.
    — Heather Kennison, idahostatesman, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The lessee will pay $275 per month for four years, with the same down payment.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2019
  • Texas required lessees to house, clothe, feed, and manage inmates.
    — Siddhartha Mahanta, The New York Review of Books, 4 June 2019
  • If the unit sells, the leasing company must consent to the new lessee.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2022
  • Once the lease transfer is complete, the new lessee will start making the payments.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • More than half the current tenants are original lessees.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • Running that revenue through private lessees would only dilute the cash flow.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
  • In other words, the $7,500 may be available for lessees but not for buyers.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • SeaWorld remains the only city lessee in default on its lease payment.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
  • There are anecdotal reports of cases in which the lessee has been required to prepay an entire year’s rent.
    — WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Any damage could subject the lessee to additional fines and penalties.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 10 Nov. 2022
  • This could be a temporary arrangement while the lessee is away on business or vacation.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2021
  • The plant was turned over to the owners yesterday by the lessee, and is being placed in the office of the morning paper.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The theme park remains the only city lessee in default for unpaid rent — for a total of $10 million.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • In cities without rent control, a lessee could demand whatever the market allows.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 June 2021
  • Under the accords, any funds left over will be paid, up to $500 each, to vehicle owners or lessees.
    — Dawn McCarty, Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2017
  • In exchange, the lessee would be allowed to keep leases in the hopes that productivity might return.
    — Halle Parker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Colorado, like Arizona, offers a flat discount to lessees who make land improvements.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • If a default occurs, the bond trustee becomes the new lessee and must fulfill the obligations under the ground lease agreement.
    — Dee Brown, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2021
  • The lessee of that building, which appears to be under construction, has not been publicly identified.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • In addition, the current lessee there gets an additional 800 square feet to use.
    — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2017
  • And the Bureau of Land Management has raised rents and royalties for lessees.
    — Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Unless the space station lessees also own their own rockets, profits from a ticket will go to the companies that do the launching.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Feb. 2018
  • And if the lessee wishes to consummate the Highland Romance by buying an estate of his or her own?
    — Cathy Newman, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • At the end of the term, typically 36 months, the lessee brings the car back and can pay the residual to own it or lease a newer model.
    — Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2017
  • For example, a one-time payment by a lessee on a lease is characterized as a payment of rent and sourced accordingly.
    — Carrie Brandon Elliott, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Pelsor has had to contend with vandals, arsonists and a sub-lessee who left in the middle of the night after falling behind on his payments.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2019
  • In addition, Mustang Mach-E buyers and lessees get a free two-year maintenance plan.
    — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • After the term of the lease, the lessee would have the option to purchase the capital improvement for $1 if certain conditions are met.
    — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In San Diego, very few of the city’s lessee’s decided to take advantage of the extended rent repayment plan.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022

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