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lease
(l/i/s )

noun (n)

  • property that is leased or rented out or let(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    letting, rental
    source: wordnet30
  • a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect(noun.time)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • let for money(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    rent
    source: wordnet30
  • hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    charter, hire, rent
    source: wordnet30
  • grant use or occupation of under a term of contract(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    let, rent
    source: wordnet30
  • engage for service under a term of contract(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    charter, engage, hire, rent, take
    source: wordnet30
  • To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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