Sekirov Dictionary

lease

/liːs/

noun 8
verb 9
forms 4
phrases 1

noun8

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.
Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
The document containing such a contract or deed.
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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: — 1609
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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. — 1928
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

verb9

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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 accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
(dialect) To gather.
(dialect) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(dialect) To glean.
(dialect) To glean, gather up leavings.
(dialect, UK) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

forms

leased · leasing · leases · leasest

Phrases with lease

lease out
To lease; to let (property, as a landlord)

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