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lease
1[ lees ]
noun
- the property leased.
- the period of time for which a lease is made:
a five-year lease.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
- to grant a lease; let or rent:
to lease at a lower rental.
lease
2[ lees ]
noun
- a system for keeping the warp in position and under control by alternately crossing the warp yarn over and under the lease rods.
- the order of drawing in the warp ends.
lease
1/ liːs /
noun
- a contract by which property is conveyed to a person for a specified period, usually for rent
- the instrument by which such property is conveyed
- the period of time for which it is conveyed
- a prospect of renewed health, happiness, etc
a new lease of life
verb
- to grant possession of (land, buildings, etc) by lease
- to take a lease of (property); hold under a lease
lease
2/ liːz /
noun
- dialect.open pasture or common
lease
- A contract that grants possession of property for a specified period of time in return for some kind of compensation.
Derived Forms
- ˈleasable, adjective
- ˈleaser, noun
Other Words From
- leasa·ble adjective
- leaseless adjective
- leaser noun
- un·leasa·ble adjective
- un·leased adjective
- well-leased adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lease1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lease1
Origin of lease2
Idioms and Phrases
- a new lease on life, a chance to improve one's situation or to live longer or more happily:
Plastic surgery gave him a new lease on life.
More idioms and phrases containing lease
see new lease on life .Example Sentences
Anyone who is taking space or looking at a lease expiration is looking at a major redesign.
Under these conditions, it would make more sense for companies that are active on Alaska’s North Slope to pursue sites they currently have under lease, which pose much lower risk.
The city’s lease for Civic Center Plaza had gone month-to-month.
Chapter 11 allows retailers to easily get out of lease agreements.
The city of San Diego has long struggled with leases for buildings to house its workers.
Increasingly, criminals actually lease their malware from a group that guarantees their malware against detection.
Ironically, as pope, his championing of the poor has given Liberation Theology a new lease on life.
So Wilson had to innovate a new business plan—a $950 monthly lease, with 2,000 free copies.
The schools buy or lease nearly everything from companies owned by Mitchell.
He has underpinned his future program by winning from NASA a 20-year lease on the legendary launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.
He wishes to cultivate it still, and offers to renew the lease for any number of years, and pay the rent punctually.
The rent for which the owner can lease it, emerges simply as a consequence of the existing state of wages and prices.
He and his friends obtained the lease, for thirty-one years, of a rival line, which turned out a great financial success.
If the time be less, a verbal lease may be made, even though the lessee does not take immediate possession of the premises.
A lease to a specified day continues during the whole of it, though custom or statute may prescribe a different rule.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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