lease
IPA: ɫˈis
noun
- (formal, law) 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.
- The document containing such a contract or deed.
- The period of such an interest.
- An open pasture or common.
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant.
- (transitive) To gather.
- (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (transitive) To glean.
- (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
- (transitive, intransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.
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Examples of "lease" in Sentences
- The lease expires.
- The Company sold the leases to the highest bidders.
- The lease expired and they were obligated to leave.
- The lease agreement ties the arena to the ownership.
- After the quarantine station closed the island was leased.
- Bill however is completely unconcerned and signs the lease.
- Bimbo however is completely unconcerned and signs the lease.
- The consideration for the lease is called rent or the rental.
- At the end of the lease, the arena ownership reverts to the city.
- In the 1970s, it was decided to lease the land to the rear of the church.