leasing
A lie; the act of lying, falsehoodA lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
» Gustavo went to the leasing office to talk to the property manager.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Examples
4 sentencesGustavo went to the leasing office to talk to the property manager.
Gustavo called the leasing office.
He's leasing his warehouse in Kabylie.
Gustavo reported Melissa to the leasing office.
Origin
From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witnFrom Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
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