lease
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited…
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.
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The document containing such a contract or deed.
The period of such an interest.
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
To grant a lease as a landlord
To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
To hold a lease as a tenant
To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
- I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
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, select, pick out; to pick up.
To glean.
To glean, gather up leavings.
To tell lies
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
An open pasture or common.
- Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.
Alternative form of leese (“to release”)
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- synonymtenancy
- synonymletting
- neighborsubtenancy
- neighborundertenancy
- neighborsubletting
- neighborunderletting
- neighborsublet
- neighborunderlet
- neighborlessor
- neighborlessee
Derived
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 · +2 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lease. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lease. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at lease
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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