Lease

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  • noun. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent or other form of payment.
  • noun. The term or duration of such a contract.
  • transitive verb. To grant use or occupation of under the terms of a contract.
  • transitive verb. To get or hold by such a contract.
  • idiom. (a new lease on life) An opportunity to improve one's circumstances or outlook.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • False; lying; deceptive.
  • noun. Falsehood; a lie.
  • noun. In weaving, the system of crossings in the warp-threads in a loom between the yarn-beam and the heddles, effected by passing each warp-thread alternately over and under the lease-rods.
  • noun. A pasture.
  • noun. A common.
  • To grant the temporary possession of, as lands, tenements, or hereditaments, to another for compensation at a fixed rate; let; demise.
  • To take a lease of, or to take, as lands, etc., by a lease: as, he leased the farm from the proprietor.
  • To gather; pick; pick up; pick out; select.
  • Specifically To glean, as corn.
  • To glean; gather up leavings, as at harvest.
  • noun. A contract transferring a right to the possession and enjoyment of real property for life or for a definite period of time or at will, usually made in consideration of a periodical compensation called rent, in modern times usually payable in money, but sometimes in a share of the produce, and in former times frequently in services.
  • noun. The written instrument by which a leasehold estate is created.
  • noun. The duration of tenure by lease; a term of leasing; hence, the terminable time or period of anything: as, to take property on a long lease; a short lease of life.
  • noun. In Australian mining, a mining leasehold; a piece of ground leased for the purpose of mining.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; ; -- sometimes with out.
  • transitive verb. To hold under a lease; to take lease of.
  • intransitive verb. To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
  • noun. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer
  • noun. The contract for such letting.
  • noun. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
  • noun. a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. false; lying; deceptive
  • noun. falsehood; a lie
  • verb. to gather.
  • verb. to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
  • verb. to glean.
  • verb. to glean, gather up leavings.
  • verb. To release; let go; unloose.
  • noun. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom
  • noun. an open pasture or common
  • verb. To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
  • verb. To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
  • verb. To take or hold by lease.
  • verb. To grant a lease; to let or rent.
  • noun. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
  • noun. The period of such a contract
  • noun. A leasehold
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  • verb. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
  • noun. a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
  • verb. engage for service under a term of contract
  • verb. let for money
  • noun. property that is leased or rented out or let
  • noun. the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
  • Word Usage
    "I have the honour to state that the term lease by negotiation contained in Article 2 of the Treaty respecting South Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia signed this day shall be understood to imply a long-term lease of not more than thirty years and also the possibility of its unconditional renewal."
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    Bernice  Clarice  Clarisse  Denise  Elise  
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    annuity  contract  debt  estate  finance  
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    leased  leases  leasing