leaser


lease

L0091400 (lēs)n.1. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent or other form of payment.2. The term or duration of such a contract.tr.v. leased, leas·ing, leas·es 1. To grant use or occupation of under the terms of a contract.2. 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 laxāre, to loosen, from laxus, loose; see slēg- in Indo-European roots.]
leas′a·ble adj.leas′er n.