Lessee

Noun

 * 1) An individual or a corporation who has the right of use of something of value, gained through a lease agreement with the real owner of the property.
 * 2) The entity to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
 * 3) Someone who is allowed to use a house, building, land etc. for a period of time in return for payment to the owner.

Thesaurus
board-and-roomer, boarder, hirer, homesteader, incumbent, leaseholder, lodger, occupant, occupier, paying guest, renter, resident, roomer, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, transient, transient guest, underlessee

Etymology 1
lessié:, past participle of lessier:.

Etymology 2
Contraction

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * French: locataire


 * German: Pächter
 * Hungarian: bérlő