lease : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lease	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lease n property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease, rental, letting] a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect Synonym(s): lease, term of a contract v let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad" Synonym(s): rent, lease hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services Synonym(s): rent, hire, charter, lease grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners" Synonym(s): lease, let, rent engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" Synonym(s): lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF. lais. See {Lease}, v. t.] 1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation. 2. The contract for such letting. 3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time. Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature. --Shak. {Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates, formerly common in England and in New York. its place is now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill. --Warren's Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, 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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Record \Record"\ (r?k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind, F. recorder, fr. L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- + cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.] 1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] [bd]I it you record.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.] They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax. 3. To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events. Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i. 42. {To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.