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letting

verbnouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈlɛtɪŋ//

Synonym of tenancy.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of letpresent participle and gerund of let

noun

  1. 1

    Synonym of tenancy.

    House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages.

  2. 2

    datedThe award of a public contract

    Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.

Forms

plural
lettings
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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