"lease" Definition

Definitions for the word "lease" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
The contract for such letting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Contract by which the owner of property allows another to use it for a specified time, usu. In return for payment. v. (-sing) grant or take on lease. new lease of (us on) life improved prospect of living, or of use after repair. [anglo-french lesser let, from latin laxo loosen]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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