to lease
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3.3
- verb
- /liːs/
- Lloyd Pfenning is Dad's major renter, leasing twelve acres from him most years to plant in oats and corn.
- lease space
- purchase or lease
- own or lease
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- And so we, we said we better lease a couple of company of cars.
- So besides my workshops, there are going to corporate headquarters and teach them how to lease space.
- I think his was like a month or so after mine and we do not want to lease again from where that car was leased from.
- And you basically buy or lease mail software from these companies and their techs help you set up all the stuff that you don't know how to do.
Examples
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I want you to call a storage company and lease enough space for everything in the house.
Fiction book (2000) -
Rather than build entirely new facilities, hospitals could lease existing space in good locations and modify it for their purposes.
Academic text (1996) -
I want to lease it.
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You see, we lease a good amount of land in this country.
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Is it possible to lease one of the vault boxes?
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"We submitted a proposal to lease and renovate the site, and it was accepted."
Academic text (1995) -
There was a time when many products were leased rather than sold outright.
Academic text (1994) -
So I ended up leasing a shop at Dubai Mall, moving from the small shop for whatever reason.
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I flew into Boston, where I leased a car and drove to Vermont.
Fiction book (2001) -
They decided to lease a new apartment while they searched for a permanent home.
Synonyms
745
1.2
To pay to use something for a short time, for example a car
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1.8
To pay money to use a house or car for a short time
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5.9
To hire a bus, boat, or plane for private use for a set time
Compounds
- Archaic
2
8.1
Sending weapons and supplies from one country to an ally during war without payment right away
- Formal
Government sends military supplies to an allied country during a war to help it
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lease comes from an old word meaning 'to allow' or 'to take something for use'. A helpful way to remember it is that to lease is to get permission to use a car, house, or land for a time while you pay for it.