4. (verb)rent, lease let for money "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
5. (verb)rent, hire, charter, lease hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
6. (verb)lease, let, rent grant use or occupation of under a term of contract "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
7. (verb)lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take 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?"
Definitions of 'lease'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (verb)lease to gather what harvesters haveleft behind; to glean
2. (verb)lease 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
4. (verb)lease 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
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