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lease

verb
verb
BrE BrE//liːs//
; NAmE NAmE//liːs//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lease
BrE BrE//liːs//
; NAmE NAmE//liːs//
 he / she / it leases
BrE BrE//ˈliːsɪz//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈliːsɪz//
 past simple leased
BrE BrE//liːst//
; NAmE NAmE//liːst//
 past participle leased
BrE BrE//liːst//
; NAmE NAmE//liːst//
 -ing form leasing
BrE BrE//ˈliːsɪŋ//
; NAmE NAmE//ˈliːsɪŋ//
 Renting a home
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to use or let somebody use something, especially property or equipment, in exchange for rent or a regular payment synonym rent lease something We lease all our computer equipment. lease something from somebody They lease the land from a local farmer. lease somebody something A local farmer leased them the land. lease something (out) (to somebody) Parts of the building are leased out to tenants. See related entries: Renting a home Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier ‘let, leave’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.
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