lease
The Correct spelling is: lease
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n.- A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
- The term or duration of such a contract.
- Property used or occupied under the terms of such a contract.
v.tr., leased, leas·ing, leas·es.- To grant use or occupation of under the terms of a contract.
- To get or hold by such a contract.
idiom:a new lease on life
- An opportunity to improve one's circumstances or outlook.
[Middle English les, from Anglo-Norman, from lesser, to lease, variant of Old French laissier, to let go, from Latin laxÄre, to loosen, from laxus, loose.]
leasable leas'a·ble adj.
leaser leas'er n.