Definitions for letting
let·ting

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. lease, rental, lettingnoun

   property that is leased or rented out or let

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. lettingnoun

   The rental of an apartment

2. lettingnoun

   The award of a public contract

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. letting

   Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership. An example of renting is equipment rental. Renting can be an example of the sharing economy.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Letting

   of Let

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Letting

   let′ing, n. the act of granting to a tenant: the act of giving to a contractor.

Matched Categories

1. • Property

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'letting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4379

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'letting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3037

How to pronounce letting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say letting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of letting in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of letting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of letting in a Sentence

1. Geoff Garin:

   Issues of tax fairness will be resonant and effective with voters, all of this will be helpful in letting average voters know that Hillary will be on their side.

2. Alex Conant:

   Crisis communications 101 is to get all the facts out as soon as possible. The White House has done the opposite of that, letting news drip out day after day. The President should have addressed this directly days ago, waiting until Thursday and then giving a very lawyerly statement only feeds the scandal.

3. Phil Mickelson:

   The little nuances of getting the ball in the hole have been slightly off but it was a day today that could have been really low, it had a lot of potential and I ended up making too many bogeys and letting some birdie opportunities slide.

4. George Santayana:

   Letting go of discouragement is no more difficult than holding on to it; and letting go is so much more empowering.

5. Lake Ingle:

   You can’t say that anecdotal evidence is fact, my professor pretty much just tried to shut me up because she was just letting women speak. I brought up the fact that biologists don’t agree that there’s more than two genders and I said the wage gap she’s referring to – 77 cents on the dollar – that even the New York Times debunked that.

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