Lease
31lease — Form of contract transferring the use of a vehicle in consideration of payment. Also see closed end lease off lease open end lease subsidized lease subvented lease …
32lease — I. noun Etymology: Middle English les, from Anglo French, from lesser Date: 14th century 1. a contract by which one conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a specified rent; also the act of such conveyance or… …
33lease — Synonyms and related words: adverse possession, alodium, bareboat charter, burgage, charter, claim, colony, copyhold, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years,… …
34lease — /li:s/ noun a written contract for letting or renting a building, a piece of land or a piece of equipment for a period against payment of a fee ● to rent office space on a twenty year lease ♦ the lease expires next year or the lease runs out next …
35lease — noun a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time. verb 1》 grant (property) on lease; let. 2》 take (property) on lease; rent. Phrases a new lease of (or N. Amer. on) life a substantially… …
36Lease — This famous name recorded as Lee, Lees, Lea, Leas, Lease and Leese is of Olde English origin. It is usually locational and derives from any of the places named with the pre 7th Century element leah . This translates as an open place in a forest… …
37lease — [15] The etymological idea underlying lease is of ‘letting go’ – a notion more readily apparent in its close relative release. Its ultimate ancestor is the Latin adjective laxus ‘loose’, source of English lax [14]. From this was derived the verb… …
38lease — lɪËs n. contract which gives another the right to use or inhabit a property for a period of time in exchange for rent; period of time during which a lease is valid; property which is contracted to another v. rent out property for a specified… …
39lease — [liːs] noun [C] I a legal contract in which you agree to pay to use someone else s building, land, or equipment for a particular period of time • a new lease of life 1) new energy and enthusiasm, or better health; 2) a change to something that… …
40lease — /lis / (say lees) noun 1. an instrument conveying property to another for a definite period, or at will, usually in consideration of rent or other periodical compensation. 2. the period of time for which it is made. 3. land which has been leased …
