lease1 nounlease2 verb
leaselease1 /liːs/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- a six-month lease on an apartment
- For example some leases require the expert to receive submissions or evidence from the parties.
- Secondly, the purchaser will require the surveyor to assess potential liabilities under repairing obligations in the lease and in particular for dilapidations.
- That flexibility might involve the offer of a short-term agreement or a long-term lease with an appropriate break clause.
- The tenant holds under an agreement for a lease.
- Tissington however, did not hold on to his lease for very long.
- Yaki, who was instrumental in negotiating the leases as an aide to Rep.
WORD SETS► Law
Collocationsaccess, nounacquit, verbacquittal, nounactionable, adjectiveact of God, nounadjourn, verbadminister, verbadmissible, adjectiveADR, nounadversarial, adjectiveadvocate, nounaffidavit, nounage, nounaggrieved, adjectiveagreement, nounannual return, anti-dumping, adjectiveantitrust, adjectiveAppeal Court, nounappear, verbappellate court, nounarraign, verbarticled clerk, articles of association, nounassignee, nounassizes, nounattachment, nounattest, verbattorney, nounattorney-at-law, nounattorney general, nounaverage clause, bailable, adjectivebailee, nounbailiff, nounbailment, nounban, nounbarrister, nounbeneficial owner, beneficiary, nounbequeath, verbbequest, nounbest efforts, adjectivebid-rigging, nounbill, nounbill of rights, nounblue law, nounbody corporate, bond, nounbook, verbbox, nounbreakdown clause, break fee, brief, nounbroker's lien, burden of proof, nounbusiness entity, buyer's risk, bylaw, nouncabotage, nouncadastre, nouncase, nouncase law, nouncash shell, nouncause, nouncause célèbre, nouncause of action, nouncaution, nouncaution, verbcertificate of incorporation, nouncertificate of protest, nouncertificate of search, nounchain of title, nounchallenge, nounchallenge, verbchancery, nounChapter 7, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharges register, chief justice, nouncircuit court, nouncite, verbcitizen's arrest, nouncivil, adjectivecivil law, nounclaim, nounclaimant, nounclass action, nounclause, nounclean, adjectivecloud on title, nouncollusion, nouncommerce clause, committal, nouncommon law, nouncommunity property, nounCommunity Reinvestment Act, nouncommutation, nounCompanies House, nouncompanies registry, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncompany officer, competence, nouncompetent, adjectivecomplainant, nouncompletion, nouncompletion date, compliance officer, compulsory purchase, nounconditional discharge, nouncondition precedent, nouncondition subsequent, nounconduct money, confidentiality clause, 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adjectiveenjoin, verbescape clause, escrow, nounescrow agent, estate, nounestoppel, nounevidence, nounexamination, nounexamination-in-chief, nounexamine, verbexculpate, verbexecute, verbexecutor, nounexecutrix, nounexhibit, nounexpectations, nounex post facto law, nounexpropriate, verbextradite, verbextrajudicial, adjectivefair dealing, false representation, nounfee absolute, nounfiduciary, nounfiduciary, adjectivefinding, nounfirm name, nounfixtures and fittings, nounforce majeure, nounforeman, nounforewoman, nounfreeholder, nounfree pardon, nounfrustration of contract, fugitive, nounfugitive, adjectivegagging order, gag order, noungarnishee, verbgarnishee, noungeneral counsel, noungeneral practice, noungive, verbgrand jury, noungrantee, noungrantor, noungreen paper, noungross misconduct, ground rent, nounguarantee, verbguarantor, nounguaranty, nounguillotine, verbguilt, noungun control, nounhabeas corpus, nounHague Rules, nounhear, verbhearing, nounheir, nounheir apparent, nounhereafter, adverbhereditament, nounhereinafter, adverbhereof, adverbhereto, adverbheritable, adjectiveHigh Court, nounHighway Code, nounhirer, nounhuman right, nounimplied term, inadmissible, adjectiveinalienable, adjectiveincriminate, verbindemnify, verbindemnity, nounindict, verbindictable, adjectiveindictment, nounindustrial tribunal, nouninitiative, nouninjunction, nounin loco parentis, adverbinnocence, nouninnocent, adjectiveinoperative, adjectiveinquest, nouninsanity, nouninstruct, verbintellectual property, nounintent, nouninterdict, nouninterlocutory injunction, invoke, verbJane Doe, nounjob quota, joint and several liability, JP, nounjudge, nounjudge, verbjudicial, adjectivejuridical, adjectivejurisdiction, nounjurisprudence, nounjurist, nounjuror, nounjury, nounjury box, nounjury service, nounjustice, nounJustice of the Peace, nounjustifiable homicide, nounjuvenile, adjectivekangaroo court, nounKing's Counsel, nounlaw firm, nounlawyer, nounlease, nounleasehold, adjectiveleaseholder, nounlegatee, nounlegator, nounlessee, nounlessor, nounletters of administration, nounliable, adjectivelicensee, nounlien, nounlienee, nounlienor, nounlimited liability, nounliquidated damages, litigant, nounlitigate, verblitigation, nounlitigator, nounlitigious, adjectiveliving will, nounloophole, nounmagisterial, adjectivemagistracy, nounmagistrate, nounMagistrates' Court, nounmaintenance, nounmajority, nounmalfeasance, nounmalpractice, nounmarriage certificate, nounmarriage licence, nounmarriage lines, nounmaterial, adjectivematerial fact, nounmemorandum, nounmiscarriage of justice, nounmisdirect, verbmisfeasance, nounmisstatement, nounmistrial, nounM'lord, nounM'lud, nounmoiety, nounmonies, nounmoot court, nounmoratorium, nounmovable, nounno-fault, adjectivenolo contendere, nounnonfeasance, nounnon-negotiable, adjectivenotary, nounnuisance, nounnullify, verbnullity, nounoath, nounopen-and-shut case, nounopen verdict, nounoperative mistake, nounordinance, nounoriginating application, originating summons, outlaw, nounout-of-court settlement, nounoyez, interjectionpalimony, nounpanel, nounparalegal, nounpardon, verbpardon, nounparty, nounpass, verbpassage, nounpatent, nounpatent, adjectivepaternity, nounpaternity suit, nounpatrimony, nounpenal code, nounpenalty, nounperformance contract, perjury, nounpersonal injury, personal representative, personalty, nounpetition, nounpetition, verbpetitioner, nounplaintiff, nounplanning permission, nounplea bargaining, nounpleadings, nounpledgee, nounpolice, verbpositive discrimination, nounpower of attorney, nounprecedent, nounprejudice, verbpreservation order, nounpresume, verbprice-fixing, nounprima facie, adjectiveprimary residence, prime tenant, primogeniture, nounprivate law, nounprivileged, adjectiveprivity, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbprobation, nounprobationer, nounprobation officer, nounpro bono, adjectiveprocedural, adjectiveproceeding, nounproceedings, nounprohibit, verbprohibition, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs► have/hold a lease
Phrases· Who has the lease on the flat?
► take (out) a lease (=start having a lease)· He took a seven-year lease on the place.
► renew a lease (=keep a lease for a longer period of time)· The company decided not to renew the lease on the office.
► grant somebody a lease (=let someone have a lease)· The landlord may grant a lease for a short or long period.
► sign a lease (=agree to the legal details of a lease by signing it)· He refused to sign the new lease because the rent was too high.
► a lease runs (=continues for a period of time)· The lease will run for 21 years.
► a lease runs out (also a lease expires formal) (=it stops)· Their lease runs out in June.
adjectives► a short/short-term lease· These flats are let on short leases to students.
► a long/long-term lease· We’re negotiating a long-term lease on the building.
► a 20/30/40 etc year lease· The company has acquired the building on a 30-year lease.
► the current/existing lease· The current lease still has 12 years to run.
lease + NOUN► a lease agreement· The organization has signed a lease agreement on a 50-acre site.
► a lease payment· He is struggling to afford the lease payments on the office.
phrases► the terms of a lease (=the legal details of it)· Under the terms of the lease, the tenants have to pay for any repairs.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► long· The headlong rush by the brewers to switch tenants to long leases is creating misery and hardship.· Meanwhile the county has revalued its assets to reflect its long lease and the planning consents obtained.· She bought a long lease on the apartment in quiet and respectable Hahnwald, a leafy and staid suburb of Cologne.· There were areas of settled peasant proprietorship, of long leases and stable crop-sharing tenures.· Such accommodation can often be let on a long lease or sold to raise a capital sum.· The council hope to enter into a long lease with Hearth Housing Association who would refurbish the lodges for tenant occupation.· Jackson marched in as if he'd taken a long lease on the place.
► new· They may be bottom of the table but their latest signings have given them a new lease of life.· The new lease is for two years and provides that 50 percent of any gross revenue will go to the Navy.· Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life.· The new lease would require an annual safety inspection of the park before it opens.· A perennial favourite, the polka dot gets a new lease of life in bold emerald green and brilliant white.· The political controversy over the Habre affair has been given a new lease of life.· Washington and Manila will in December begin discussions on a new lease.· A new lease of life could do me good.
► short· Depreciation is to be based on the shorter of the lease term and useful economic life.· Eventually he took a short lease on a much smaller house in Upper Brook Street.· Not surprisingly, the shorter the lease, the more severe the prohibition becomes.· And this is a short lease here - we have to provide for buying something or paying a hell of a lot more rent.
NOUN► agreement· Thousands of pub landlords had been given notices to quit and offered lease agreements with rents widely regarded as excessive.· To support its claim, Barneys cites certain terms of its lease agreements, including the length.· The city needs to legally evict the owners before it can enter into another lease agreement.· Commissioners approved an option and lease agreement with Manchester in June.· A lease agreement that does not meet the criteria for a capital lease must be classified as an operating lease.
► payment· If the lower cost of funding is reflected in lease payments, leasing can be more attractive for small companies.· Thus, lease payments for the office will increase by more than $ 90, 000 a year.· These include future interest rates, variable lease payments, the company's tax position and so on.· The amount of the asset and liability is equal to the present value of the minimum future lease payments.
VERB► buy· She bought a long lease on the apartment in quiet and respectable Hahnwald, a leafy and staid suburb of Cologne.· Swensson bought the lease on a Richfield gas station in North Park.· Leaseholders who live in a block which does not qualify will have a new right to buy an extended lease.
► grant· Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years.· It had the power to grant building leases and fix ground rents.· So the course which was widely adopted was not to sell up entirely but to grant leases of land wanted for development.
► hold· Apart from the physical aspects, if premises are held on a lease there are legal implications, too.· Tissington however, did not hold on to his lease for very long.
► negotiate· The client still operates from the same premises, having negotiated a new lease at the expiry of the old one.· Yaki, who was instrumental in negotiating the leases as an aide to Rep.· The few tenants who are searching for short-term leases are now able to negotiate break clauses in leases for new buildings.· The estate agents negotiated a lease at a rent of £20,000 a year.
► renew· He wanted a guarantee that he could renew the lease on expiry.· A typical instance where a solicitor is needed is renewing the lease at the end of the tenancy.· The landlord had not renewed Elgaen's lease, and he couldn't find a favorable north-end location in time.
► sign· She is in a position to sign a lease immediately for the rent of a suitable home.· The last time Cal finished in the Pac-10 cellar was 1989, just before Oregon State signed its seven-year lease.· We signed a year's lease on this place but it ain't worth the paper it's written on.· Barneys signed leases under which it paid $ 25 million in annual rent for two years to Isetan.· They say if we sign the lease, then they will think about negotiating.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a new lease of life
1a legal agreement which allows you to use a building, car etc for a period of time, in return for rentlease on- A re-style can provide locks with a new lease of life.
- Artistic director Christopher Gable has injected it with a new lease of life and brought it to a completely different audience.
- Clearly retirement has given Jean-Luc Sadourny a new lease of life.
- For example, somebody may find that working from home injects their career with a new lease of life.
- Male speaker It's absolutely wonderful - to be given a new lease of life. you're given a second chance.
- Now they are aiming for a new lease of life and further development.
- The Chelsea goalkeeper has found a new lease of life at Grimsby since joining them on loan.
- The political controversy over the Habre affair has been given a new lease of life.
They took out a lease on a seven-acre field. The landlord refused to renew his lease. The 99-year lease expired in 1999. Do you understand all the terms of the lease?2a new lease of life especially British English, a new lease on life American English a)if something has a new lease of life, it is changed or repaired so that it can continue: Historic buildings can have a new lease of life through conversion. b)if someone has a new lease of life, they become healthy, active, or happy again after being weak, ill, or tired: an operation to give her a new lease of lifeCOLLOCATIONSverbshave/hold a lease· Who has the lease on the flat?take (out) a lease (=start having a lease)· He took a seven-year lease on the place.renew a lease (=keep a lease for a longer period of time)· The company decided not to renew the lease on the office.grant somebody a lease (=let someone have a lease)· The landlord may grant a lease for a short or long period.sign a lease (=agree to the legal details of a lease by signing it)· He refused to sign the new lease because the rent was too high.a lease runs (=continues for a period of time)· The lease will run for 21 years.a lease runs out (also a lease expires formal) (=it stops)· Their lease runs out in June.adjectivesa short/short-term lease· These flats are let on short leases to students.a long/long-term lease· We’re negotiating a long-term lease on the building.a 20/30/40 etc year lease· The company has acquired the building on a 30-year lease.the current/existing lease· The current lease still has 12 years to run.lease + NOUNa lease agreement· The organization has signed a lease agreement on a 50-acre site.a lease payment· He is struggling to afford the lease payments on the office.phrasesthe terms of a lease (=the legal details of it)· Under the terms of the lease, the tenants have to pay for any repairs.lease1 nounlease2 verb
leaselease2 ●○○ verb [transitive] Word OriginWORD ORIGINlease2
Verb TableOrigin:
1300-1400 Anglo-French lesser, from Old French laissier ‘to let go’, from Latin laxare; ➔ LAXATIVEVERB TABLE
lease
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | lease |
| he, she, it | leases | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | leased |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have leased |
| he, she, it | has leased | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had leased |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lease |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have leased |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am leasing |
| he, she, it | is leasing | |
| you, we, they | are leasing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was leasing |
| you, we, they | were leasing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been leasing |
| he, she, it | has been leasing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been leasing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be leasing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been leasing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Internet start-ups are being helped by companies willing to lease them Web servers and space.
- It would work out cheaper overall to lease the computers for the project.
- The aircraft had been leased to a Nigerian airline.
- The building is actually owned by the government -- we're leasing it from them.
- The Cider Press Company leases the machinery and buildings for $1000 a month.
- The company plans to sell or lease its remaining stores to other supermarkets.
- We lease all our computers.
- A further source of income could be obtained from leasing the considerable shooting and fishing rights that belonged to the farm.
- Councils and housing associations will be allowed to lease or buy empty homes in order to provide accommodation for homeless people.
- He turned the beef holding into a dairy farm and soon began expanding by leasing other dairy farms all over Ireland.
- Lansing and Friedkin were leasing a four-bedroom, 6, 000-square-foot house in the Beverly Hills area, sources say.
THESAURUSto pay money to use something► rent
Collocations to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc: · He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.· They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
► hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time: · Why don't we hire a van for the day?· You can hire suits for weddings.
► lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time: · They leased the offices from an American company.· The car is leased from BMW.
to allow somebody to use something for money► rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc in return for money: · She rents the flat out to students.
► let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money: · Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.· They let the house out while they were on holiday.
► lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time: · Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
to pay money to use something► rent to pay money to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc: · He rented a room in a house on the Old Kent Road.· They flew out to New York and rented a car at the airport.
► hire British English to pay money to use a car or a piece of clothing or equipment for a short period of time: · Why don't we hire a van for the day?· You can hire suits for weddings.
► lease to have a legal agreement under which you pay money to a person or company in order to use a building, area of land, vehicle, piece of equipment etc for a fixed period of time: · They leased the offices from an American company.· The car is leased from BMW.
to allow somebody to use something for money► rent/rent something out to allow someone to use a house, room, vehicle, piece of equipment, area of land etc in return for money: · She rents the flat out to students.
► let/let something out to allow someone to use a room, house, building etc in return for money: · Some people don't want to let rooms to foreigners.· They let the house out while they were on holiday.
► lease/lease something out to make a legal agreement which allows a person or company to use something that you own for a fixed period of time: · Santa Clara ' s Redevelopment Agency leased the existing city golf course to developers.
Longman Language Activatorto pay money so that you can borrow and use something► rent to pay a particular amount of money regularly for the use of a house, office, telephone etc over a period of months or years: · Many young couples rent an apartment until they've saved enough money to buy a house.· I can't afford to rent an office in this part of town.· Do you own your home or are you renting?rent something from somebody/something: · Did you know you can rent a fax machine from the telephone company?for rent (=available to be rented): · Vicky put the house up for rent a month ago, but changed her mind the next day.
► rent especially American hire British to pay money to a company to use a car, or a piece of equipment or clothing for a period of days or hours: · Should we rent a video tonight?· Let's hire a car for the weekend and go and visit Jenny and Steve.· You rented a tuxedo for two hundred dollars? Are you crazy?hire/rent something from somebody/something: · When she got to Dallas she rented a Ford convertible from the Avis desk.
► lease to pay rent for the use of buildings, land, equipment, or a vehicle for a long time, especially for business purposes: · The Cider Press Company leases the machinery and buildings for $1000 a month.· It would work out cheaper overall to lease the computers for the project.lease something from somebody/something: · The building is actually owned by the government -- we're leasing it from them.
► charter to pay money to a company for the use of one of their planes or ships: · A group of journalists chartered an airplane to fly them to Addis Ababa.· International Aid Agencies have chartered ships to transport supplies to the disaster area.
to lend houses, land, machines etc for money► rent out also rent American to allow someone to use a house, piece of land, vehicle etc that belongs to you, in exchange for money: · We rent cars by the hour, to save you money.· Some caterers will rent equipment and supplies for parties at a reasonable cost.rent something (out) to somebody: · I'm thinking of renting the upstairs rooms to students.· The field at the back of the house is rented out to a local farmer.rent somebody something: · We can rent you a luxury apartment for the duration of your stay.· I'm sorry, I've had an accident in the car you rented me this morning.rent (out) something (to somebody): · Mike raised some cash by renting out the two small workshops to local craftsmen.
► lease to allow a company, organization etc to use buildings, land, or equipment for a fixed period of time, in exchange for money: lease something to somebody: · The company plans to sell or lease its remaining stores to other supermarkets.· The aircraft had been leased to a Nigerian airline.lease somebody something: · Internet start-ups are being helped by companies willing to lease them Web servers and space.
► let British /rent American to allow someone to use a room, house, or office in exchange for money: let/rent something to somebody: · We usually rent our house to someone over the long vacation.· 200,00 sq ft of land was let to a local firm. let/rent out something British: · We even had to rent out the garage to make ends meet.· The company owns about 170 cottages in Britain, which it lets out to tourists.let/rent something out: · Many residents hoped to rent their houses out during the Games.To LetBritish /For Rent American (=written on a sign to show that a room, house, or office is empty and can be rented): · Nellie's house had a 'To Let' sign in the window.
► hire out British to allow someone to use something such as a vehicle or clothes for a short period of time, in exchange for money: hire out something: · They were partners in a business which hired out photocopiers.· Do you hire out golf clubs here?hire something/it/them out: · Brooke bought a Rolls Royce and started hiring it out for special occasions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► back
1to use a building, car etc under a lease: · The 800,000 square foot plant is being leased back to the management team.
► out· When lands were leased out, a wide range of people took them up.· For now, the first phase of one building, with 94 units, is ready for occupancy and virtually leased out.· Finance houses also lease out capital equipment to firms.· The next five years saw the site leased out to various tenants, although Knight retained ownership.· Pamela Churchill had to leave their house which she had to lease out to others to get income from the rent.
NOUN► building· Sun also plans to lease another building and has further options nearby.· I buy and lease hotels and apartment buildings for the army.· Fulcrum plans to lease the building.· The council, which has been leasing the buildings to the college, now wants them back.
► equipment· Finance houses also lease out capital equipment to firms.· Walker Equipment is a very successful company specializing in the sale and leasing of heavy construction equipment.
► land· You might use such money to buy or lease land, and so increase the holding you had inherited.· Sedona recently leased Forest Service land to dispose of water through irrigation, but it will need more.· The estate sold or leased much of the land used for down river port activities to the Tyne Improvement Commission.· If the Giants pay for the cleanup, they will be leasing unimproved land, and the value will be lower.· Most small landowners like Bhushan have been threatened into leasing their land at an unjust rent.
► property· The plaintiff agreed to lease a property to Lunnis, who assigned this equitable lease by way of mortgage.· The losses typically have been covered by other port revenues, such as money derived from leasing of port property.· When new occupiers lease these properties, Control Securities will have to absorb a £7m loss in the value of these assets.· Until leasing prospects improve, property owners should donate the space to nonprofit groups and cultural institutions.· That process differs substantially from how the City of Tucson usually leases property.
VERB► buy· Department of Social Security mobility payments to buy or lease a car.· The truck can be bought or leased nationwide and Ford hopes to take 1, 000 orders this year.· You might use such money to buy or lease land, and so increase the holding you had inherited.· I had to buy them and lease them back to him.· You can decide whether you wish to buy, lease or rent them.· I buy and lease hotels and apartment buildings for the army.
► own· He also owns the Kings' lease, which runs through 2018.· Many physicians own medical equipment leasing companies.
► sell· The brewers have until November to free up thousands of pubs by selling them or leasing them free of the tie.· Millions of acres around Arizona were set aside at statehood and must be sold or leased for maximum gain to benefit education.· These firms also sell or lease capacity on their fiber to Sprint and other long-distance firms.
I’m interested in leasing your cottage.lease something from somebody They lease the site from the council.2 (also lease out) to let someone use a building, car etc under a leaselease something to somebody The building was leased to a health club.