lease

lease
/li:s/ noun
1. a written contract for letting or renting a building, a piece of land or a piece of equipment for a period against payment of a fee
to rent office space on a twenty-year lease
the lease expires next year or the lease runs out next year the lease comes to an end next year
on expiration of the lease when the lease comes to an end
2.
to hold an oil lease in the North Sea to have a lease on a section of the North Sea to explore for oil
verb
1. to let or rent offices, land or machinery for a period
to lease offices to small firms
to lease equipment
2. to use an office, land or machinery for a time and pay a fee
to lease an office from an insurance company
All our company cars are leased.

Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.

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Synonyms:
(for a term of years)


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  • Lease — (l[=e]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.] 1. To grant to another by lease the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Lease — (l[=e]z), v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck.] To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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