leaseman
- noun
- /ˈliːzəmən/
- Archaic
- The leaseman signed a contract to farm the land for five years.
Examples
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In the end, the leaseman refused to pay the increased rent, and a new lessee was secured to replace him.
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The same participant later added, "There was a mindset of the leaseman that they owned the land and that if they had done this over the years, they had an entitlement to it and could make decisions over it."
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Back then, when Mom and Grandma had that leaseman, you know, he would come check on them.
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And I think even today the Indian people still don't change the leaseman out, and they continue to have the same amount they're paid every year.
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The situation was tense, he explained, not only because of the leaseman's sense of ownership (the subject of the next section) but also due to the acquiescence of the husband's siblings in accepting the situation.
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After the previous leaseman moved out, a new tenant took over the property.
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The leaseman is responsible for maintaining the garden as part of the lease agreement.
Synonyms
A person who rents a house or apartment from a landlord
A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else
A farmer who rents land from a landowner instead of owning it
A person who rents a house or flat from the owner
A person who may live in or use a property for a set time and is not the owner
A person or company that pays to use property for a set time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leaseman is made from lease and man, where lease means 'to let' or 'to rent', so a leaseman is a person who holds the right to use land or property under a lease, that is a tenant or leaseholder.