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leasing¹

  • /ˈliːzɪŋ/

Where it comes from

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).

noun leasings

  1. archaic A lie; the act of lying, falsehood. fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.

leasing²

Where it comes from

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.

verb

  1. participle, present present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)

leasing³

  • /ˈliːsɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːsɪŋ

Where it comes from

From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of lease

noun leasings

  1. countable, gerund, uncountable gerund of lease

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rent, letting, rental, charter, hire, take, let, engage, praise, praising, concessions, assignment, location, hiring, rents, tenancy

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Chicago

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@misc{leasing_2026,
  title = {leasing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leasing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}