A lessee is the person who pays to use a house, a shop, a piece of land, or another building for a set time. The owner still owns it; the lessee only has the right to use it, under a contract called a lease.

A lessee isLessee是 for a set time在一段固定時間內 the person who pays to use a house, a shop, a piece of land, or another building付錢使用房子、店面、土地或其他建築的人。The owner still owns it屋主仍然擁有那個地方；under a contract called a lease根據一份叫做lease的合約，the lessee only has the right to use itlessee只是有使用的權利。

It is a legal, rather stiff word. In daily English, people usually say tenant or renter, or the person who is renting. You will meet lessee in contracts, in property law, and on formal notices, not much in ordinary chat.

It is a legal, rather stiff word它是一個法律用語，相當生硬。In daily English在日常英文裡，people usually say tenant or renter, or the person who is renting人們通常會說tenant或renter，或直接說the person who is renting。in contracts, in property law, and on formal notices在合約、不動產法和正式公告裡 You will meet lessee你會遇到lessee，not much in ordinary chat日常閒聊裡不太常見。

It comes from Anglo-Norman lessié, a past form of lessier, to permit, to let.

It comes from Anglo-Norman lessié它來自盎格魯-諾曼語的lessié，a past form of lessier是lessier的過去式，to permit, to let意思是允許、讓與。

Learn it with its pair: the lessor owns the place and lets it out; the lessee pays and uses it. If you swap those two, the whole sentence flips.

Learn it with its pair把它和它的對應詞一起記：the lessor owns the place and lets it outlessor是擁有這個地方並出租的人；the lessee pays and uses itlessee是付錢並使用的人。If you swap those two如果把這兩個對調，the whole sentence flips整句話的意思就會反過來。