lease

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

1. To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
2. (informal) To hold a lease as a tenant.

Verb

1. To gather.
2. To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
3. To glean.
4. To glean, gather up leavings.

Verb

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

Verb

To release; let go; unloose.

Sinônimos

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/liːs/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.

Frases

The lease ran out in sixteen weeks .

O contrato acabou em dezesseis semanas.