as in landlords
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 lessors
Spirit's aircraft lessors had reached out to rival airlines in recent weeks to gauge executives' interest in some of the carrier's planes, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks were private.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
People who plan to own and occupy the home, for example, are ranked above prospective sellers or lessors.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lessors
landlords
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In 2022, the FCC said its existing rules weren't strong enough and added a ban on exclusive revenue-sharing agreements between landlords and ISPs in multi-tenant buildings.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Banks, landlords, credit card issuers, employers, and utility providers all use credit scores to assess how likely someone is to make timely payments.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Lessors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lessors. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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