leaseman

leaseman
\\ˈlēsmən\ noun (plural leasemen)
1. : a person in the petroleum industry who negotiates with landowners for land options, oil-drilling leases, and royalties and with producers for the pooling of production in a field — called also landman, lease hound, leaser
2. : a person who contacts property owners to lease sites for the erection of advertising billboards

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/lees"meuhn/, n., pl. leasemen.
a person who leases land and obtains the rights to its use, esp. oil-drilling rights. Also called landman.
[LEASE1 + MAN1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • leaseman — /lees meuhn/, n., pl. leasemen. a person who leases land and obtains the rights to its use, esp. oil drilling rights. Also called landman. [LEASE1 + MAN1] * * * …   Universalium

  • leaseman — n. renter, leaser, one who leases land …   English contemporary dictionary

  • leaseman — lease·man …   English syllables

  • landman — /land meuhn, man /, n., pl. landmen / meuhn, men /. 1. landsman (def. 1). 2. leaseman. 3. a person who bargains with landowners for the mineral rights to their land, as on behalf of an oil company. [bef. 1000; ME; OE landmann. See LAND, MAN1]… …   Universalium

  • leaser — noun a) One who leases or gleans; lessor. The owner of the property is the leaser when they rent it by lease to a leasee. b) Leaseman …   Wiktionary

  • lease hound — noun : leaseman 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • leaser — I. sə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: lease (IV) + er : leaseman 1 II. noun ( s) …   Useful english dictionary

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