1. lease(n = noun.possession) letting, rental - property that is leased or rented out or let;
is a kind of belongings, holding, property
has particulars: car rental, hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive, sublease, sublet
Derived forms verb lease3, verb lease1
2. lease(n = noun.communication) - a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment;
is a kind of contract
Derived forms verb lease4, verb lease3, verb lease1, verb lease2
3. lease(n = noun.time) term of a contract - the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect;
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
Derived forms verb lease4, verb lease3, verb lease1, verb lease2
1. lease(v = verb.social) rent - let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"
is one way to contract, undertake
Derived forms noun lease2, noun lease1, noun lease3, noun lessee1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
2. lease(v = verb.social) charter, hire, rent - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services;
is one way to contract, undertake
Derived forms noun lease2, noun lease3, noun lessee1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
3. lease(v = verb.possession) let, rent - grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
is one way to give
Derived forms noun lease2, noun lease1, noun lease3
Sample sentences:
They lease cars to the tourists; They lease the tourists their cars
4. lease(v = verb.possession) charter, engage, hire, rent, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
is one way to acquire, get
Derived forms noun lease2, noun lease3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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
"There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives." [1913 Webster]
2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner. [1913 Webster]
1. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; [1913 Webster]
2. The contract for such letting. [1913 Webster]
3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time. [1913 Webster]
"Our high-placed Macbeth
Shall live the lease of nature." [1913 Webster]
lease, n. & v.
--n. an agreement by which the owner of a building or land allows another to use it for a specified time, usu. in return for payment.
--v.tr. grant or take on lease.
Idiom:
a new lease of (US on) life a substantially improved prospect of living, or of use after repair.
Derivative:
leasable adj. leaser n.
Etymology:
ME f. AF les, OF lais, leis f. lesser, laissier leave f. L laxare make loose (laxus)
N property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.
VB lend, advance, accommodate with, lend on security, loan, pawn, intrust, invest, place out to interest, put out to interest, let, demise, lease, sett, underlet.