leasehold

noun

lease·​hold ˈlēs-ˌhōld 

1

: a tenure by lease

2

: property held by lease

leaseholder noun

Examples of leasehold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

City officials stress that Seligman’s purchase offer for the site is just over $2 million, a tiny fraction of the $159 million Seligman paid in 2018 to acquire its Liberty Station leaseholds. —David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026

After securing a loan to buy Lipari Brothers’ inventory and leasehold interest, CBKC and Midtown Grocers met with then–City Manager Brian Platt and other officials, who repeatedly voiced support for their plan to save the grocery, the lawsuit says. —Robert A. Cronkleton march 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026

The 99-year leasehold property has about 62 years left. —Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026

Yet those separate appraisals yielded similar valuations for the leasehold, with the second report valuing it at $27 million — just $1.9 million less than the other report. —Miami Herald, 19 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1710, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for leasehold

• copyhold
• decontrolled
• hundredfold
• manifold
• marigold
• oversold
• petioled
• sevenfold
• stranglehold
• subthreshold
• thousandfold
• uncontrolled

Legal Definition

leasehold

noun

lease·​hold ˈlēs-ˌhōld 

: a tenure of real property held by a lessee under a lease : a lessee's estate in the property

also : the property so held compare fee, freehold