leaseholder
- noun
- /ˈliːsˌhoʊldər/
- And having permitted land leasing, the government's experts made leaseholders completely dependent on the local monopolistic landlords—the collective farm and state farm chairmen who have done all they could to prevent the development of a private sector in agriculture.
- leaseholders agreed
Examples
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The rotten economy is one explanation for the low turnout at a recent inspection by prospective leaseholders invited to submit bids.
Blog text (31) -
Speaker, last night I met again with leaseholders whose lives have been torn apart by the cladding and building safety scandal.
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I would try to hook them up with an apartment manager or leaseholder.
Blog text (30) -
Of these, more than 13,000 are council tenants; the rest are leaseholders who bought their social housing homes.
Academic text (2009) -
However, the rights of leaseholders already established must be preserved and made transferable.
Academic text (1998) -
He's a widower, and he's the leaseholder of a small farm.
Fiction book (1991) -
I've been reading stories of native lands being acquired and leaseholders kicked off land so that these mining companies can get to it.
Blog text (10) -
For those expecting the Marcellus to grow exponentially, it should be noted that Chesapeake is the largest leaseholder in the Marcellus.
Blog text (11) -
In 1782, after boundary disputes arose, the leaseholders agreed to have all the lands surveyed, platted, and recorded.
Academic text (1995) -
As a leaseholder, she has the right to use the apartment for the next five years under the terms of the contract.
Synonyms
A person who rents a house or apartment from a landlord
A person who owns something, for example a ticket or passport
A person who pays to use a house, car, or other property owned by someone else
A person who rents a house or flat from the owner
A person or company that pays to use property for a set time
A person who rents land, especially a farm, from the owner
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word leaseholder comes from lease ('to let' or allow someone to use property for a time) and holder ('one who holds'). So a leaseholder is someone who holds the right to use and live in a property for a set period.