LEASED : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: LEASED	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for LEASED
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leased adj hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses arrived on time" Synonym(s): chartered, hired, leased Antonym(s): unchartered
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, 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 possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out. There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. --Addison. 2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.