lease
To grant a lease as a landlordTo grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
» Tom wants to extend his lease.
Tom möchte seinen Mietvertrag verlängern. — brauchinet
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9 senses(formal, transitive)To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
let for money
(informal, transitive)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.
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
(transitive)To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
pachten
арендова́тьarendovátʹ, брать в аре́ндуbratʹ v aréndu, взять в аре́ндуvzjatʹ v aréndu
(transitive)To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
(dialectal, transitive)To gather.
(dialectal, transitive)To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(dialectal, transitive)To glean.
(dialectal, intransitive)To glean, gather up leavings.
(UK, ambitransitive, dialectal)To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
Examples
75 sentencesTom wants to extend his lease.
deTom möchte seinen Mietvertrag verlängern. — brauchinet
We'd like to extend our lease.
Our lease runs out in October.
Tom is planning to renew the lease.
We're signing a new lease next week.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let,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.
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”).
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Forms
leases, leasing, leased, leasedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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