lessors are free to charge as much as they want for a house
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According to a recent blog post from Lightbourn, Chinese lessor portfolios have approximately $100 billion of shipping assets, accounting for more than 15% of the global ship finance market.—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025 This is a compelling approach, as the lessor traditionally owns residual risk in an automotive lease transaction.—Hughey Newsome, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Aircraft lessors have picked up an increasing share of the market for jets since the pandemic, as airlines look to finance plane purchases without risking their own balance sheets.—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025 Spirit is also locked in a dispute with aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings over a deal covering 36 Airbus planes due for delivery between 2027 and 2028.—Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lessor
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Etymology
Middle English lessour, from Anglo-French, from lesser to lease
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