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Lease Anglo French French Late Contract Fixed Laissier Latin

单词 lease
音标 [li:s]
解释 n.租约;租期;v.出租
红宝书 【记】 分割记忆:l+ease(安 心), 有了租约安心
【例】 sign a lease(在租约上签字)
字源 lease (n.)
late 14c., "legal contract conveying property, usually for a fixed period of time and with a fixed compensation," from Anglo-French les (late 13c.), from lesser "to let, let go," from Old French laissier "to let, allow, permit; bequeath, leave," from Latin laxare "loosen, open, make wide," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Modern French equivalent legs is altered by erroneous derivation from Latin legatum "bequest, legacy."
lease (v.)
late 15c., "to take a lease," from Anglo-French lesser, Old French laissier "to let, leave" (see lease (n.). Related: Leased; leasing. Lessor, lessee in contract language preserves the Anglo-French form.
不择手段背单词 n. 租约; 租期; v 出租
【记】l, ease(v /n 安心), 有了租约就会安心
趣味全助记 【记】less 花较少的钱能得到东西(房屋,汽车等)的方法,租

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