- present participle of lease.
leasing
Americannoun
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leasings
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of leasing
First recorded before 950; Middle English lesing, Old English lēasung, verbal noun of lēasian “to tell lies,” derivative of lēas “free from, without, false”; see -less, -ing 1
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The rent on the studio was cheap — about $1,500 a month — and the leasing agent, he said, told him he’d probably pay only an additional $50 for utilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The tribe’s leaders placed a 10-year moratorium on new oil and gas leasing while they formed their own energy department and developed detailed geological maps of their reservation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“In the worst-case scenario they destroy capital,” he said, while in the best case, the neoclouds will be “cyclical leasing companies.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Anthropic is now leasing the entire facility for more than $1 billion a month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
He boosted cash income for the syndicate by leasing tow signs to Pet Milk, Gaines Dog Food, and Noxzema.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
For all thy sages are exceeding deceitful, they say leasings before thyself—that thou shalt find in this day's space.
From Brut by Eugene Mason
"Sir Knight," saith Messire Gawain, "Needs must the King miscarry that setteth aside the counsel of his good knights for the leasings of a traitor."
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
This anecdote led to a long discussion of All those idle thoughts and fantasies, Devices, dreams, opinions unsound, Shows, visions, soothsays, and prophecies, And all that feigned is, as leasings, tales, and lies.
From Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since by Sir Walter Scott
I care no more for such a gillflirt," said the Jester, "than I do for thy leasings.
From Waverley by Sir Walter Scott
He hates fowle leasings, and vile flatterie, Two filthie blots in noble gentrie; And lothefull idlenes he doth detest, The canker worme of everie gentle brest.
From Spenser by R. W. (Richard William) Church
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