lease

lease
01. They didn't want to buy a new car, so they [leased] one for a year.
02. In Quebec, if you want to rent an apartment, you have to sign a [lease] for at least a year.
03. When we signed the [lease] for our apartment, we had to pay a $200 damage deposit to make sure we left the place in good condition when we moved out.
04. He wants to sell his business, but he is having trouble because no one wants to take over the 10-year [lease] he signed for the building.
05. The [lease] on our apartment will be finished next year, and we're afraid the owner will raise the rate when we re-negotiate.
06. We were able to get a three-year [lease] on the building at a lower cost than a yearly [lease].
07. According to your [lease], you will have to pay a heavy penalty if you decide to vacate before the year is up.
08. We [leased] a computer rather than buying it for our home business so that we could deduct the cost from our income tax.
09. Joseph Losery once said that life is a secret [lease] from God.
10. We [leased] a television for the six months that we were living there.
11. We have to find someone to sublet our apartment until our [lease] expires.
12. With the end of its 99-year [lease] on Hong Kong approaching, Britain and China signed an agreement on December 24, 1984, under which all of Hong Kong was to be returned to China in 1997.
13. In 1878, Great Britain [leased] the island of Cyprus to Turkey.
14. Under Ethiopia's land system, the government owns all land, and provides long-term [leases] to the tenants.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(for a term of years)


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  • lease — 1 / lēs/ n [Anglo French les, from lesser to grant by lease, from Old French laisser to let go, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 a: a contract by which an owner of property conveys exclusive possession, control, use, or enjoyment… …   Law dictionary

  • lease — [lēs] n. [ME leas < Anglo Fr les < OFr lais < laissier: see LEASH] 1. a contract by which one party (landlord, or lessor) gives to another (tenant, or lessee) the use and possession of lands, buildings, property, etc. for a specified… …   English World dictionary

  • lease — lease; lease·less; lease·man; re·lease·ment; re·lease; sub·lease; …   English syllables

  • Lease — (l[=e]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.] 1. To grant to another by lease the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lease — (l[=e]s), n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.] 1. The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer; especially, A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lease — steht für: einen Vorgang beim Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ein Rechtsinstitut im common law, siehe Landlord and tenant law Lease ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Rex Lease (1903–1966), US amerikanischer Schauspieler Siehe auch:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lease — ► NOUN ▪ a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, in return for payment. ► VERB ▪ let or rent on lease. ● a new lease of life Cf. ↑a new lease of life DERIVATIVES leasable ad …   English terms dictionary

  • Lease — (l[=e]z), v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf. Lith lesti to peck.] To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lease–up — n: the act or practice of finding or acquiring tenants Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Lease — (engl., spr. Lihs), 1) Verpachtung, Pachtgeld; 2) Pachtgeld von Gütern od. Grund u. Boden auf eine gewisse Zeit, um auf 99 Jahre Häuser darauf zu bauen, daher Leaseholder, so v.w. Pächter …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Lease — Lease, Verpachtung einer Eisenbahn, meist auf eine Zeit von 99 oder 999 Jahren, ist eine in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika häufig vorkommende Form einer verschleierten Verschmelzung von Eisenbahngesellschaften. Die volle, tatsächliche und… …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

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