lease

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /liːs/ Rhymes: -iːs === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== lease (plural leases) (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted. The document containing such a contract or deed. The period of such an interest. (computing) Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device. ===== Synonyms ===== tenancy, letting ===== Hyponyms ===== subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, (informal) sublet, underlet ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: leasen ⇒ English: leasing→ Spanish: leasing→ Finnish: leasing→ Polish: leasing→ Swedish: leasing ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased) (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let. (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent. (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device). (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== lessor, lessee === Etymology 2 === From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”). ==== Verb ==== lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased) (chiefly dialectal) (transitive) To gather. (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. (transitive) To glean. (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings. ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:lease. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēasian (“to lie, tell lies”), from lēas (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”). ==== Verb ==== lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased) (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate. ===== Derived terms ===== leasing === Etymology 4 === From Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow. ==== Alternative forms ==== leaze ==== Noun ==== lease (plural leases) An open pasture or common. === Etymology 5 === ==== Verb ==== lease (third-person singular simple present leases, present participle leasing, simple past and past participle leased) Alternative form of leese (“to release”) === Etymology 6 === From leash. ==== Noun ==== lease (plural leases) The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom. === Anagrams === Elsea, Seale, eales, easel, easle, seale == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English lease. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /liːs/, /lis/ Hyphenation: lease Rhymes: -is Homophone: lies ==== Noun ==== lease f (plural leases, diminutive leaseje n) lease Synonym: pacht ===== Derived terms ===== leaseauto leasewagen === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (1st and 2nd person singular, imperative) IPA(key): /liːs/, /lis/ Hyphenation: lease Rhymes: -is Homophone: lies (subjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈliː.sə/, /ˈli.sə/ Hyphenation: lea‧se Rhymes: -isə ==== Verb ==== lease inflection of leasen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == Galician == === Verb === lease first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of lear == Middle English == === Adjective === lease alternative form of les === Noun === lease alternative form of les == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlæ͜ɑː.se/, [ˈlæ͜ɑː.ze] === Adjective === lēase inflection of lēas: strong accusative feminine singular strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural weak nominative neuter/feminine singular