Take+on+lease

  • 11LEASE AND HIRE — The Hebrew term sekhirut embraces the lease of immovable property (houses and fields) as well as the hire of movable property and personal services, and is a near parallel of locatio conductio rei in Roman law. In this article the term hire is… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 12lease — Any agreement which gives rise to relationship of landlord and tenant (real property) or lessor and lessee (real or personal property). Smith v. Royal Ins. Co., C.C.A.Cal., Ill F.2d 667, 671. A contract for exclusive possession of lands,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13lease — Any agreement which gives rise to relationship of landlord and tenant (real property) or lessor and lessee (real or personal property). Smith v. Royal Ins. Co., C.C.A.Cal., Ill F.2d 667, 671. A contract for exclusive possession of lands,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14Lease — A lease is a legal document, but can be an oral arrangement, which confers a right on one person (called a tenant or ) to possess property belonging to another person (called a landlord or lessor) to the exclusion of the owner landlord. The… …

    Wikipedia

  • 15lease — lease1 W3 [li:s] n 1.) a legal agreement which allows you to use a building, car etc for a period of time, in return for rent lease on ▪ They took out a lease on a seven acre field. ▪ The landlord refused to renew his lease . ▪ The 99 year lease… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16lease — 1 noun (C) 1 a legal agreement which allows you to use a car, building etc for a period of time, in return for rent: take out a lease (=sign a lease so that you can rent something): We ve taken out a lease on an office building. 2 a new lease of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17lease — lease1 leasable, adj. leaseless, adj. leaser, n. /lees/, n., v., leased, leasing. n. 1. a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period… …

    Universalium

  • 18lease — 01. They didn t want to buy a new car, so they [leased] one for a year. 02. In Quebec, if you want to rent an apartment, you have to sign a [lease] for at least a year. 03. When we signed the [lease] for our apartment, we had to pay a $200 damage …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 19lease — [[t]lis[/t]] n. v. leased, leas•ing 1) bus a contract conveying land, renting property, etc., to another for a specified period 2) the property leased 3) the period of time for which a lease is made: a five year lease[/ex] 4) to grant the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20take — I. verb (took; taken; taking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from Old Norse taka; akin to Middle Dutch taken to take Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to get into one s hands or into one s possession, power, or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary