lease

nounverbverbverbnounverbnouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//liːs//

An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

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.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
6
Variant of DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked deviceShort for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.

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.

verb

1
To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
2
informalTo 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.
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.

Etymology

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”).

verb

1
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

Etymology

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēasian (“to lie, tell lies”), from lēas (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).

noun

1
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.

Etymology

From Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow.

verb

1
Variant of leeseAlternative form of leese (“to release”)

noun

1
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

Etymology

From leash.

Forms

plural: leases
past tense: leased
past participle: leased
present participle: leasing
third person singular: leases

Learned · A surname.learner · One who is learning; one receiving instruction.learning · An act in which something is learned.

lease · An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

Lease · A surname.leash · A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often…least · Chiefly preceded by the: superlative form of little: most…

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