lease

Meaning

Noun

1. (formal) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
2. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
3. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
4. The document containing such a contract or deed.
5. The period of such an interest.
6. The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.

Verb

1. (formal, transitive) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
2. (informal, transitive) To hold a lease as a tenant.
3. (transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
4. (transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).

Verb

1. (dialectal, transitive) To gather.
2. (dialectal, transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
3. (dialectal, transitive) To glean.
4. (dialectal, intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.

Verb

To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

Verb

To release; let go; unloose.

Synonyms

rent

hire

charter

let

rental

leasehold

engage

letting

tenancy

rent contract

contract

leasing

borrow

hire out

requisition

take

rent out

term of a contract

mean

farming lease

farming

renting

hold possession

setting

sublease

sublet

tax farming

farm

tenant

tenantry

demise

pay rent

honors

hire-purchase

let out

farm out

Translations

bail

louer

Pacht

affittare

pachten

noleggiare

arrendamiento

locazione

alquilar

location

alugar

arrendar

pachten

in pacht hebben

arrendar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *lesen

Cognate with German: lassen

Cognate with Old English: lǣtan

Inherited from Middle English: lesen

Inherited from Old English: lesan

Inherited from Old English: lēasian

Inherited from Middle English: lese

Inherited from Old English: lǣs

Inherited from Old English: līesan

In summary

From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.

Sentences

The lease ran out in sixteen weeks .

Later it operated domestic and international charter services and wet lease services .