lease
(noun) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
lease, rental, letting
(noun) property that is leased or rented out or let
lease, term of a contract
(noun) the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract; âWe took an apartment on a quiet streetâ; âLetâs rent a carâ; âShall we take a guide in Rome?â
lease, let, rent
(verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; âI am leasing my country estate to some foreignersâ
rent, lease
(verb) let for money; âWe rented our apartment to friends while we were abroadâ
rent, hire, charter, lease
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To gather.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To glean.
(intransitive, chiefly dialectal) To glean, gather up leavings.
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
(ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
lease (plural leases)
An open pasture or common.
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
(transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
(transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
(transitive) To take or hold by lease.
(intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.
lease (plural leases)
A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
The period of such a contract.
A leasehold.
lease (plural leases)
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
• Elsea, Seale, eales, easel, easle, seale
Lease (plural Leases)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lease is the 8473rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3896 individuals. Lease is most common among White (94.43%) individuals.
• Elsea, Seale, eales, easel, easle, seale
Source: Wiktionary
Lease, v. i. Etym: [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck.]
Definition: To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leased; p. pr. & vb. n. Leasing.] Etym: [F.laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See Lax, and cf. Lesser.]
1. 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. There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. Addison.
2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
Lease, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. lais. See Lease, v. t.]
1. 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.
2. The contract for such letting.
3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time. Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature. Shak. Lease and release a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant. Burrill. Warren's Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
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