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Definition lease
Etymology 1
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-Germanic *lesan? (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”). Cognate with Scots lease (“to arrange, gather”), Saterland Frisian leese (“to gather, read”), West Frisian lêze (“to read”), Dutch lezen (“to gather, read”), German lesen (“to gather, read”), Danish læse (“to collect, read”).
Verb
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to gather.
- (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to glean.
- (intransitive, chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
Etymology 2
From Middle English lesen, from Old English l?asian (“to lie, tell lies”), from l?as (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).
Verb
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
Etymology 3
From Middle English lese, from Old English l?s (“meadow”), from Proto-Germanic *l?sw? (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *l?y-, *l?yd- (“to leave, let”). Cognate with Old Saxon l?sa (“meadow”). See also leasow.
Noun
lease (plural leases)
Etymology 4
From Middle English lesen, from Old English l?esan (“to loosen, release, redeem, deliver, liberate”), from Proto-Germanic *lausijan? (“to release, loosen”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, solve, separate”). Cognate with Dutch lozen (“to drain, discharge”), German lösen (“to release”), Swedish lösa (“to solve”), Icelandic leysa (“to solve”).
Verb
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
Etymology 5
From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin lax? (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German l?zan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen). Cognate with Old English l?tan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”). More at let.
Verb
lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased)
- (transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
- (transitive) To take or hold by lease.
- (intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.
Noun
lease (plural leases)
- A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
- The period of such a contract
- A leasehold
Etymology 6
From leash.
Noun
lease (plural leases)
- The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
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