English Explanatory Dictionary

lease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
  6. Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
verb
  1. To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
  2. To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
  3. To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
  4. To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
verb
  1. To gather.
  2. To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
  3. To glean.
  4. To glean, gather up leavings.
verb
  1. To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
noun
  1. An open pasture or common.
verb
  1. Alternative form of leese (“to release”)
noun
  1. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/liːs/ en-us-lease.ogg

Word forms

lease leases leasing leased leaze

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

tenancy letting

Related words

lessor lessee

Derived words

ACMI lease crown lease DHCP lease dry lease head lease headlease improving lease leasee lease for lives leasehand leasehold leaseholder leaseholding leaseless lease line leasemonger lease provider lend-lease lessee lessor life-lease net lease new lease of life new lease on life off-lease pie crust lease sub-lease sublease superior lease surface lease underlease wedlease wet lease prelease leasable leaseability leaseable leaseback lease-lend lease out leaser re-lease leasing

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 租期 Finnish: vuokra-aika French: loyer Māori: rīhitanga Persian: مدت اجاره Spanish: llevanza Bulgarian: арендовам Dutch: pachten Dutch: leasen Finnish: vuokrata German: pachten Irish: léasaigh Māori: rīhi Persian: اجاره کردن Polish: arendować Polish: dzierżawić Polish: wynajmować Polish: wynająć Portuguese: arrendar Russian: арендова́ть Russian: брать в аре́нду Russian: взять в аре́нду Russian: брать внаём Russian: взять внаём Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl
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