lease

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/liːs/

verb 10noun 7name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

long, long-term | short, short-term | ten-year, etc. | business, commercial | building, mining

VERB + LEASE

have, hold

We hold a lease on the apartment until next summer.

draw up

acquire, buy, enter into, get, negotiate, obtain, sign, take (on/out/up)

My parents decided to sign a lease for the apartment last month.

grant (sb), sell (sb)

The landlord agreed to sell us a 10-year lease on the apartment.

renew

forfeit, surrender

When the business closed down, the owner had to forfeit the lease on the building.

cancel, terminate | take over | transfer

LEASE + VERB

run

My apartment lease runs for two years starting next month.

take effect | come up for renewal, expire, run out

PREP

in a/the ~

The landlord added a strict no-pets clause in the lease.

on a ~

We rented the apartment on a three-year lease before deciding to buy.

under a/the ~

The apartment is under a long lease, so the landlord cannot raise the rent for five years.

~ of

The company negotiated a lease of the building for ten years.

~ on

Our family signed a five-year lease on the apartment downtown last month.

PHRASES

a clause in a lease, a condition of a lease, the length/period/term of a lease, a provision in a lease, the terms of the lease

Definitions

noun

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.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

verb

To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.

To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.

I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.

To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).

To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).

verb

To gather.

To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.

To glean.

To glean, gather up leavings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — property that is leased or rented out or let

verb — engage for service under a term of contract

verb — grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

verb — let for money

rent

verb — hold under a lease or rental agreement

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

Wiktionary

I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.

Wiktionary

Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.

Wiktionary

Antibodies give a new lease of life.

Tatoeba · #240879

Didn't you sign a lease?

Tatoeba · #2275786

I signed the lease today.

Tatoeba · #2406519

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, lease is marked as formal, informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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