lease
/liːs/ verb C2- 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).
He/she/it leases · Past leased · Past participle leased · -ing form leasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- lease
- He/she/it
- leases
- Past
- leased
- Past participle
- leased
- -ing form
- leasing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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You will not think of quitting it in a hurry, I hope, though you have but a short lease.”
He had reserved the house and half the garden, and building a wall between the garden and the workshops, had let them upon lease with the pavilions at the bottom of the garden.
The lease was drawn up for three, six, or nine years by the new tenant, who, according to the rule of the proprietor, paid six months in advance.
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