Lease
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lease¹
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
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.
noun leases
- 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. 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.DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device
verb leases · leasing · leased
- To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- 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).
lease²
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
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 leases · leasing · leased
- To gather.
- To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- To glean.
- To glean, gather up leavings.
lease³
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēasian (“to lie, tell lies”), from lēas (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).
verb leases · leasing · leased
- To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
lease⁴
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
From Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow.
noun leases · leaze
- 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.
lease⁵
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
verb leases · leasing · leased
- Alternative form of leese (“to release”)leese
lease⁶
- /liːs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
From leash.
noun leases
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
Lease⁷
proper noun Leases
- A surname.
