lease

Speech parts

1. lease - Noun

2. lease - Adjective

3. lease - Verb

4. Lease - Proper noun

Meaning

To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

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 out.

To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.

A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.

The contract for such letting.

Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

letting take let engage charter rent hire rental tenancy term of a contract book title reserve occupation sublet

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Antonyms

own hand sublet sell ownership evict

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Hypernyms

period get give property contract holding

Hyponyms

sublet car rental sublease rent-a-car hire car self-drive

Phrases with the word

car lease direct lease give a new lease of life to lifehold lease building lease acquire a new lease of life

Derivatives

leased leasing

Anagrams

easel easle Elsea seale aseel seela

Examples

We took an apartment on a quiet street Source: Internet

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Shall we take a guide in Rome? Source: Internet

I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners Source: Internet

We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad Source: Internet

According to administration, the lease could be terminated with six months notice. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Leary biscuit Learyesque leasable lease for lives lease giver lease line