lease

See also:Lease,léase,and-lease

English

Pronunciation

• (UK,US)IPA^(key):/liːs/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iːs

Etymology 1

FromMiddle English*lesen,fromAnglo-Norman*leser,Old Frenchlesser,laisier(“to let, let go”),partly fromLatinlaxō(“to loose”)and partly fromOld High Germanlāzan(“to let, let go, release”)(Germanlassen), cognate withOld Englishlǣtan(“to allow, let go, leave, rent”)whencelet.

Noun

lease(pluralleases)

1. (formal,law)Aninterest in landgrantingexclusiveuseoroccupationofreal estatefor alimitedperiod;aleasehold.
2. Aninterestgranting exclusive use of any thing, such as acarorboat.
3. Thecontractordeedunder which such an interest is granted.
4. Thedocumentcontaining such a contract or deed.
5. Theperiodof such an interest.
   • 1609,William Shakespeare,“Sonnet 18”,inShake-speares Sonnets.[…],London: ByG[eorge] EldforT[homas] T[horpe]and are to be sold byWilliam Aspley,→OCLC:

     Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
     And summer'sleasehath all too short a date:

6. (computing)Thetemporaryassignmentof anIP addressto anetworkeddevice.

Synonyms

• tenancy,letting

Hyponyms

• subtenancy,undertenancy,subletting,underletting,(informal)sublet,underlet

Derived terms

• ACMI lease
• crown lease
• head lease
• improving lease
• leasee
• lease for lives
• leasehold
• lease line
• lend-lease
• lessee
• lessor
• life-lease
• net lease
• new lease of life
• new lease on life
• off-lease
• pie crust lease
• puh-lease
• sublease
• sub-lease
• superior lease
• underlease
• wet lease

Descendants

• →Dutch:leasen
• ⇒English:leasing
  • →Spanish:leasing
  • →Finnish:leasing
  • →Polish:leasing
  • →Swedish:leasing

Translations

contract granting use or occupation of property

• Azerbaijani:kirayə(az)
• Bulgarian:арендаf(arenda)
• Catalan:contracte d'arrendamentm
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Khế ước thuê mướn／Khế ước thuê mướn(zh)(zūyuē)

• Dutch:pacht(nl)f,lease(nl)f
• Finnish:vuokrasopimus(fi)
• French:contrat de bailm,bail(fr)m
• Georgian:იჯარა(iǯara)
• German:Pacht(de)f
• Greek:σύμβαση μίσθωσης(sýmvasi místhosis),μισθωτήριο(el)(misthotírio),εκμίσθωση(el)f(ekmísthosi)
• Latin:locātum(la)n
• Maori:rīhi
• Persian:اجارهنامه(ejâre-nâme)
• Polish:leasing(pl)m,arenda(pl)(archaic),dzierżawa(pl)f,najem(pl)m
• Romanian:contract de închirieren
• Russian:аре́нда(ru)f(arénda),ли́зинг(ru)m(lízing),сда́чаваре́ндуf(sdáča v aréndu),сда́чавнаёмf(sdáča vnajóm)
• Scottish Gaelic:gabhailmorf
• Spanish:contrato de arrendamientom

period of such a contract

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thuê kỳ(zh)(zūqī)

• Finnish:vuokra-aika
• French:loyer(fr)m
• Maori:rīhitanga
• Persian:مدت اجاره(moddat-e ejâre)

Verb

lease(third-person singular simple presentleases,present participleleasing,simple past and past participleleased)

1. (transitive,formal,law)To grant a lease as alandlord;tolet.
2. (transitive,informal)To hold a lease as atenant.

   I'mleasinga small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.

Derived terms

• lease-lend
• re-lease

Translations

to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract

• Bulgarian:арендовам(arendovam)
• Dutch:pachten(nl),leasen(nl)
• Finnish:vuokrata(fi)
• German:pachten(de)
• Irish:léasaigh
• Maori:rīhi
• Persian:اجاره کردن(phát)(ejâre kardan)
• Polish:arendować(pl)impf(archaic),dzierżawić(pl)impf,wynajmować(pl)impf,wynająć(pl)pf
• Portuguese:arrendar(pt)
• Russian:арендова́ть(ru)impf(arendovátʹ),братьваре́ндуimpf(bratʹ v aréndu),взятьваре́ндуpf(vzjatʹ v aréndu),братьвнаёмimpf(bratʹ vnajóm),взятьвнаёмpf(vzjatʹ vnajóm)
• Scottish Gaelic:gabh air mhàl

Related terms

• lessor,lessee

Etymology 2

FromMiddle Englishlesen,fromOld Englishlesan(“to collect, pick, select, gather”),fromProto-West Germanic*lesan,fromProto-Germanic*lesaną(“to gather”).

Verb

lease(third-person singular simple presentleases,present participleleasing,simple past and past participleleased)(chieflydialectal)

1. (transitive)Togather.
2. (transitive)Topick,select,pick out;topick up.
3. (transitive)Toglean.
4. (intransitive)Toglean,gather upleavings.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, seeCitations:lease.

Etymology 3

FromMiddle Englishlesen,fromOld Englishlēasian(“to lie, tell lies”),fromlēas(“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).

Verb

lease(third-person singular simple presentleases,present participleleasing,simple past and past participleleased)

1. (transitive,intransitive,UKdialectal)To tell lies; tell lies about;slander;calumniate.

Derived terms

• leasing

Etymology 4

FromMiddle Englishlese,fromOld Englishlǣs(“meadow”),fromProto-West Germanic*lāsu(“meadow”).See alsoleasow.

Alternative forms

• leaze

Noun

lease(pluralleases)

1. An openpastureorcommon.
   • 1928,Thomas Hardy,He Never Expected Much:

     Since as a child I used to lie
     Upon theleazeand watch the sky,
     Never, I own, expected I
     That life would all be fair.

Etymology 5

FromMiddle Englishlesen,fromOld Englishlīesan(“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”),fromProto-Germanic*lausijaną(“to release, loosen”).

Alternative forms

• leese(Scotland)

Verb

lease(third-person singular simple presentleases,present participleleasing,simple past and past participleleased)

1. (transitive,UKdialectal)Torelease;let go;unloose.

Etymology 6

Fromleash.

Noun

lease(pluralleases)

1. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

Anagrams

• Elsea,Seale,eales,easel,easle,seale

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/liːs/,/lis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:lease
• Homophone:lies

Etymology 1

Borrowed fromEnglishlease.

Noun

leasef(pluralleases,diminutiveleasejen)

1. lease

   Synonym:pacht

Derived terms

• leaseauto
• leasewagen

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

lease

1. inflection ofleasen:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (dated or formal)singularpresentsubjunctive
   3. imperative

Galician

Verb

lease

1. first/third-personsingularimperfectsubjunctiveoflear

Middle English

Adjective

lease

1. Alternative form ofles

Noun

lease

1. Alternative form ofles

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈlæ͜ɑː.se/,[ˈlæ͜ɑː.ze]

Adjective

lēase

1. inflection oflēas:
   1. strongaccusativefemininesingular
   2. stronginstrumentalmasculine/neutersingular
   3. strongnominative/accusativemasculine/feminineplural
   4. weaknominativeneuter/femininesingular