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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarylease I \ˈlēs\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English les, from Anglo-French, from lesser DATE 14th century1. a contract by which one conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a specified rent; also : the act of such conveyance or the term for which it is made2. a piece of land or property that is leased3. a continuance or opportunity for continuance a new lease on life II transitive verb (leased ; leas·ing) ETYMOLOGY Anglo-French lesser, laisser, lescher to leave, hand over, lease, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack — more at slack DATE circa 15701. to grant by lease2. to hold under a leaseSynonyms: see hire• leas·able \ˈlē-sə-bəl\ adjectiveEnglish Etymologylease lease (n.) 1483, from Anglo-Fr. les (1292), from lesser "to let, let go," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. laissier "to let, leave," from L. laxare "loosen, open, make wide," from laxus "loose" (see lax). The verb is attested from 1570. Lessor, lessee in contract language preserves the Anglo-Fr. form.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7leaselease / li:s / noun a legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent (房屋、设备或土地的)租约,租契: to take out a lease on a house 办理房屋租约 The lease expires / runs out next year. 这份租约明年到期。 Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges. 按租约的条款,你得支付维修费。 IDIOMS ▪ a (7new) lease of 'life (BrE) (NAmE a (7new) lease on 'life) the chance to live or last longer, or with a better quality of life 延年益寿；生活质量更好: Since her hip operation she's had a new lease of life. 她自髋关节手术以后活得更有劲了。 verb ~ sth (from sb) | ~ sth (out) (to sb) to use or let sb use sth, especially property or equipment, in exchange for rent or a regular payment 租用,租借,出租(尤指房地产或设备) SYN rent : ▪ [VN] They lease the land from a local farmer. 他们从当地一位农场主手中租得这块土地。 We lease all our computer equipment. 我们所有的计算机设备都是租来的。 Parts of the building are leased out to tenants. 这栋大楼有一部份租出去了。 ▪ [also VNN] • leas·ing noun [U] : car leasing 汽车租赁 a leasing company 租赁公司 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishlease noun ADJ. long, long-term | short, short-term | ten-year, etc. | business, commercial | building, mining VERB + LEASE have, hold They've got a lease with five years to run. | draw up | acquire, buy, enter into, get, negotiate, obtain, sign, take (on/out/up) She has taken out a new ten-year lease on the flat. | grant (sb), sell (sb) A freeholder may grant a lease of any duration. | renew | forfeit, surrender They moved out and the lease was surrendered. | cancel, terminate | take over | transfer LEASE + VERB run The lease runs from April 19. | take effect | come up for renewal, expire, run out PREP. in a/the ~ a new clause in the lease | on a ~ The company holds the building on a long lease. | under a/the ~ Under the new lease, the rent would go up. | ~ of He took a lease of the premises. | ~ on The club has a 20-year lease on the property. PHRASES a clause in a lease, a condition of a lease, the length/period/term of a lease, a provision in a lease, the terms of the leaseMerriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: verb Synonyms: HIRE 1, charter, let, rentWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: lease and release , or lease hound , or lease picker , or lease rod , or lease system , or mineral lease , or mining lease , or net lease , or oil and gas lease , or percentage lease , or perpetual lease , or re-lease , or stock-share lease , or lease-lend , or building lease , or lease stick , or ground lease , or homestead leaseleaseI. verbor leaze \ˈlēz\(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan to gather, glean; akin to Old High German lesan to gather, select, Old Norse lesa to gather, pick, Gothic lisan to gather, Lithuanian lesti to peck upintransitive verbnow dialect England : to glean graintransitive verbdialect England : to separate (as impurities from grain) by pickingII. noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English leese, lese, from Old English lǣs open pasture (gen., dative, & accusative lǣse, lǣswe); perhaps akin to Old Norse lāth landed property — more at lathedialect : an open pasture or commonIII. \ˈlēs\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English les, from Anglo-French, from lesser, v.1. : a contract by which one conveys lands, tenements, or hereditaments for life, for a term of years, or at will or for any less interest than that of the lessor, usually for a specified rent or compensation; also : the act of such conveyance, the instrument by which it is made, or the term for which it is made — distinguished from license2. : a piece of land or property that is leased3. : a continuance or opportunity of continuance especially in vigorous existence or action usually because of some favoring change or development : hold, term — often used in the phrase lease on life or lease of life < criticism took on a new lease on life — C.I.Glicksberg > < with the development of civilian air commerce it took on a new lease of life — Current Biography > < if the election yields a majority prepared to support them, the ministry is given a new lease on life — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < the Scottish forwards seemed to have got a new lease of life — John Buchan >IV. verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Anglo-French lesser, from Old French laissier, lessier to let loose, let go, leave, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack, loose, spacious — more at slacktransitive verb1. : to grant or convey to another by lease : let < leased his house for the summer >2. : to hold under a lease : take a lease of < a tenant leases his land from the owner >intransitive verb1. : to be under lease or be subject to lease < this property leases at a monthly rental of $100 >2. : to lease a property < fitted to limn the genus summer renter, having leased to a few invaders himself — New York Times Magazine >V. noun(-s)Etymology: perhaps alteration of leash (I) 1. : a system of crossing warp threads with cords or rods alternately over and under one end or in groups to keep them in position during beaming and weaving2. : lash 4VI. transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s): to make a lease in (yarn or thread)

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