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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

leaselis(n.; v.)leased, leas•ing.

  1. (n.)a contract conveying land, renting property, etc., to another for a specified period.

    Category: Business

  2. the property leased.

  3. the period of time for which a lease is made:

    a five-year lease.

  4. (v.t.)to grant the temporary possession or use of (lands, tenements, etc.) to another, usu. for compensation at a fixed rate; let:

    to lease one's apartment to a friend.

  5. to take or hold by lease:

    He leased the farm from the sheriff.

  6. (v.i.)to grant a lease; let or rent:

    to lease at a lower rental.

Idioms for lease:

  1. a new lease on life, a chance to improve one's situation or to live longer or more happily.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of lease:

1350–1400; ME les < AF (OF lais legacy), n. der. of lesser to lease, lit., let go (OF laissier) < L laxāre to release , let go. See lax

leas′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lease, rental, letting(noun)

    property that is leased or rented out or let

  2. lease(noun)

    a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

  3. lease, term of a contract(verb)

    the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect

  4. rent, lease(verb)

    let for money

    "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

  5. rent, hire, charter, lease(verb)

    hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

  6. lease, let, rent(verb)

    grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

    "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

  7. lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take(verb)

    engage for service under a term of contract

    "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. lease(noun)lis

    a legal agreement in which one person pays money to use another person's property for a period

    We signed a three-year lease on the car.; to lease an apartment/building/car etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lease(verb)

    to gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean

  2. Lease(verb)

    to grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out

  3. Lease(verb)

    to hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner

  4. Lease(verb)

    a demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation

  5. Lease(verb)

    the contract for such letting

  6. Lease(verb)

    any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time

Translations for LEASE

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

lease(noun)

(the period of) an agreement giving the use of a house etc on payment of rent

We signed the lease yesterday; a twenty-year lease.

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