Definition of "lease"
- verb
To gather.
To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
To glean.
To glean, gather up leavings.
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
To release; let go; unloose.
To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
To take or hold by lease.
To grant a lease; to let or rent.
- adjective
False; lying; deceptive.
- noun
Falsehood; a lie.
An open pasture or common.
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.
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
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