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lease
/liːs/
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What does lease mean?
noun
- An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
- An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
- The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
More meanings (16)
noun
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- The period of such an interest.
- Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
- An open pasture or common.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
verb
- To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- (informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
- To gather.
- To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- To glean.
- To glean, gather up leavings.
- To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- Alternative form of leese (“to release”)
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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See this word in context.
Mr. Olmsted, the former owner, was now dead, and It was not certain that the new proprietor would renew the lease.
About a month later, finding that he had not made any progress, Shaughnessy reported definitely that Slawson would not extend the lease.
More book examples (3)
So true is this, that there is not a bill of sale, not a farm lease, not an annuity, but implies it.
A battalion of French infantry would, it seems to me, make short work of H. D., lease guarantees, Federal contingent, and all.
A power of attorney was at once sent Habersham, with instructions to evict the intruder, and rent, lease or sell the property.