lease
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3.0
- noun
- /liːs/
- Specialized
- You had to get a lease on some commercial space.
- a lease agreement
- a long-term lease
- a term lease
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Watch on YouTubeFarmers collect royalties for their leases on their land from gas wells.
- Farmers collect royalties for their leases on their land from gas wells.
- Don't put a penny down on a lease until you have.
- You had to get a lease on some commercial space.
- So I know you said your rate, your lease is up in March or April.
- No, we are signing a lease for a new home.
- Got your name on his lease, copy of his keys.
- So he finds out that my name's on the lease and rings me dad.
- I took out a lease on this, on this office.
- And this applies whether you have a lease or a verbal lease agreement.
Examples
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After reviewing the terms, I agreed to the lease for the office space.
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The landlord sent the lease for the rental house to my email.
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And that car lease will be up in June of next year.
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I have a lease with an option to buy.
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No, we are signing a lease for a new home.
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I am currently signing my lease agreement for the new apartment.
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Jim rented an apartment on a nine-month lease while he was attending college.
Academic text (1991) -
He broke his lease and is now moving to Idaho.
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If they disbanded or could not meet the lease payments, their land would be forfeited to the government.
Academic text (1999) -
We signed a lease for our new apartment that starts next month.
Synonyms
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1.3
A property like a house or car that people pay to use for a time
4
3.8
A period when someone rents a house or flat
1
3.6
A property you rent to someone or the act of renting it
Antonyms
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lease comes from an old word meaning 'to allow' or 'to leave something for someone to use'. So a lease is a formal paper that gives someone permission to use a house, land, or building for a fixed time.