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US
/ˈɫis/
]
[ UK /lˈiːs/ ]
[ UK /lˈiːs/ ]
VERB
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engage for service under a term of contract
Let's rent a car
We took an apartment on a quiet street
Shall we take a guide in Rome? - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
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grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners -
let for money
We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad
NOUN
- a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
- property that is leased or rented out or let
- the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
How To Use lease In A Sentence
- The defendant was released on bail until his trial next year. Times, Sunday Times
- Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
- There are only a couple of days left in Graeme's Fantasy Book Review's Giveaway for one of three copies of Orson Scott Card's new release, Hidden Empire. Book Contest Links ... more than a few
- Certain animations are still a bit hitchy, especially involving Mayer's car, but there's still time to resolve those before release. AdventureGamers.com
- I had to join this long queue, that snaked around a couple of times, and as each person left, a disembodied voice said, ‘Cashier number seven, please!’
- A steady stream of self-released mix tapes and videos - all adhering to the group's cartoonishly horrifying aesthetic, all a bit more deranged than the rest - increased the buzz and kept the conversation going. In concert: OFWGKTA at U Street Music Hall
- Once cool, release and tease hair with your fingers. The Sun
- During 1901-02, a shop was built on what became Part Three of Lot 245, which was leased to fruiterer Albert Blencoe.
- Although I was already a fan of both authors, it was this curious title overlap that led me to snatch these two off the New Releases table at my local bookstore. Romi Lassally: My Literary Indiscretions
- But Arthur's do-gooder streak didn't particularly please other Republicans, and he became one of the few Presidents to fail to win his own party's nomination for re-election.