lease

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The period of such an interest.

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

2. 2
   verb

   To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.

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

3. 3
   noun

   An open pasture or common.

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

4. 4
   noun

   a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

5. 5
   noun

   property that is leased or rented out or let

6. 6
   noun

   the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect

7. 7
   verb

   engage for service under a term of contract

8. 8
   verb

   grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

Etymology

From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.