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LEASING
Etymology 1
Noun
leasing (plural leasings)
(archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Etymology 2
Verb
leasing
present participle of lease
Noun
leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)
gerund of lease
Anagrams
• Eaglins, Sinegal, gas line, lignase, linages, sealing
Source: Wiktionary
Leas"ing, n. Etym: [AS. leásung, fr. leás loose, false, deceitful. See -less, Loose, a.]
Definition: The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies. [Archaic] Spenser. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing. Ps. v. 6. Blessed be the lips that such a leasing told. Fairfax. Leasing making (Scots Law), the uttering of lies or libels upon the personal character of the sovereign, his court, or his family. Bp. Burnet.
LEASE
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
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