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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lease, rental, lettingnoun

    property that is leased or rented out or let

Wiktionary

  1. lettingnoun

    The rental of an apartment

  2. lettingnoun

    The award of a public contract

Wikipedia

  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.

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  1. letting

    Letting refers to the act of allowing or permitting someone to do something, or giving permission for something to happen or occur. It involves granting someone the authority, freedom, or opportunity to engage in a specific action or behavior. Letting can also involve releasing control or relinquishing ownership of something to another person.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Letting

    of Let

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Letting

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

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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

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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. Nancy Pelosi:

    The stronger our case is the worse the Senate will look for just letting the President off the hook.

  2. Ricki Lake:

    It was such a right of passage last year taking the leap of faith to shave my head, and my hair, thankfully, has grown back, and I learned so much through the process of really letting go of something that had been really bothering me for decades.

  3. Roger Blank:

    No one should be shy about seeking advice on how to do your in-house grow safely and efficiently, and that includes letting us know when your power needs are about to expand greatly.

  4. Emily Post:

    Our advice to them is to get comfortable with letting people know, because I think the rude thing to do would be to stand there and act like you are ignoring an outstretched hand, if the outstretched hand comes to you and you do not want to shake hands, you want to acknowledge that by saying, 'I actually don't shake hands' or 'I am sorry that I don't shake hands, but I am so pleased to meet you.'.

  5. Rafael Pina:

    Two years ago you would have seen 25, this isn't a shadow of what it used to be. Shipping companies are letting people go because of the low activity ... It doesn't feel like Christmas-time.

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