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leaser

leaser

5.3
A person or company that pays to use property for a set time
  • noun
  • /ˈliːzər/
  • Archaic
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  • After signing the contract, the leaser began to personalize the apartment to make it feel like home.

Examples

  • Noah was away when Hochfelder's Revenge appeared—in the south of France, if memory serves, living in the house of a Chicago wholesale car leaser—and I was just as glad he was and I didn't have to worry about running into him.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The tenant moved in last week, and he is a reliable leaser who pays the rent on time.

  • As a leaser, she was responsible for maintaining the property during her stay.

Synonyms

tenant
vsleaser
248 3.0

A person who rents a house or apartment from a landlord

is the person or company that takes such a rental or occupancy right
renter
vsleaser
41 1.8

A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else

is a broader taker of such use rights including companies as well
lessee
vsleaser
  • Specialized
3 7.0

A person who rents a house or flat from the owner

is a person or company that takes that contractual right
leaseholder
vsleaser
1 6.3

A person who may live in or use a property for a set time and is not the owner

is the more general person or company taking that right
leaseman
vsleaser
  • Archaic
7.7

A person who rents land, especially a farm, from the owner

is a broader term for a person or company taking that occupation right

Antonyms

lessor
  • Formal
1 7.1

A person or company that lets others use property for money

Surface Forms

leaser singular
leasers plural

Morphology

leaser = lease (opaque) = lease + er

Formally lease + '-er' is transparent, but this sense meaning 'one who takes a lease' conflicts with the expected agentive meaning and is not derivable by learners.

Etymology

Leaser comes from the verb lease, which means 'to let' or 'allow someone to use' property, and in this sense a leaser is the person or company who takes the lease—the one who rents and uses the property.