leaseholder
/ˈliːshəʊldər/ noun [C] LAW, PROPERTYDefinition
› a person, company, etc. that pays the owner of a building, piece of land, etc. for the right to live in or use it: If the property is not being managed properly, leaseholders can ask the court for a different managing agent. → Compare freeholder
(Definition of leaseholder noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Our dictionaries
Browse the Thesaurus
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
