Lease

Lease
Lease Lease (l[=e]s), n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.] 1. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; especially, A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation. [1913 Webster]

2. The contract for such letting. [1913 Webster]

3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time. [1913 Webster]

Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill. --Warren's Blackstone. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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(for a term of years)


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  • lease — lease; lease·less; lease·man; re·lease·ment; re·lease; sub·lease; …   English syllables

  • 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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