The meaning of Lease

noun

An act of reserving accommodation, a ticket, etc. in advance.

Usage examples:

The hotel does not handle group bookings

verb

Reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.); buy (a ticket) in advance.

Usage examples:

I have booked a table at the swan

noun

An arrangement to have a place on a flight, a room in a hotel, etc. at a particular time in the future

Usage examples:

Compare prices before making a booking., all our prices include a booking fee.

noun

A written grant by the sovereign or legislative power of a country, by which a body such as a city, company, or university is founded or its rights and privileges defined.

Usage examples:

The town received a charter from the emperor

verb

Grant a charter to (a city, company, university, or other body).

Usage examples:

The company was chartered in 1864

noun

A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.

Usage examples:

He has just signed a contract keeping him with the club

verb

Decrease in size, number, or range.

Usage examples:

Glass contracts as it cools

noun

A legal document that states and explains a formal agreement between two different people or groups, or the agreement itself

Usage examples:

She already has a contract for her next book with a publisher., i have no other contractual obligat…

verb

Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment.

Usage examples:

We flew to san diego, hired a car, and headed for las vegas

noun

The action of hiring someone or something.

Usage examples:

Car hire is recommended

noun

The holding of property by lease.

Usage examples:

A form of leasehold

verb

Not prevent or forbid; allow.

Usage examples:

My boss let me leave early

noun

A period during which a room or property is rented.

Usage examples:

I've taken a month's let on the flat

verb

Hinder.

Usage examples:

Pray you let us not; we fain would greet our mother

idiom

Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

phrasal verb

Utter a sound or cry.

Usage examples:

He let out a sigh of happiness

phrasal verb

Release someone from obligation or suspicion.

Usage examples:

They've started looking for motives—that lets me out

noun

A tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land.

Usage examples:

I cannot even afford to pay the rent on this flat

verb

Pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car).

Usage examples:

They rented a house together in sussex

noun

A large tear in a piece of fabric.

Usage examples:

Eddie was dismayed by the rent in the roof of the tent

noun

An amount paid or received as rent.

Usage examples:

A nominal rental

adjective

Relating to or available for rent.

Usage examples:

Rental accommodation

noun

The act of renting, an amount paid in rent, or something rented

Usage examples:

[ u ] boat/car rental

noun

A lease of a property by a tenant to a subtenant; a sublet.

verb

Another term for sublet.

noun

An arrangement by which you allow someone to rent all or part of a building that you are renting from someone else

Usage examples:

There are concerns that downsizing companies might put too much office space up for sublease., the …

verb

Lease (a property) to a subtenant.

Usage examples:

I quit my job and sublet my apartment

noun

A lease of a property by a tenant to a subtenant.

Usage examples:

It is unbearably slow and cumbersome, and it's not connecting students with leases and sublets as w…

verb

To rent all or part of a rented apartment, house, or other building to someone else

Usage examples:

A summer sublet

noun

Possession of land or property as a tenant.

Usage examples:

Holding took over the tenancy of the farm

noun

The conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.

Usage examples:

But without exception, these big operations use leased land, with tenures typically of two to five …

verb

Give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or lecturer.

Usage examples:

I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor

noun

The period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position, or the right to keep a job permanently

Usage examples:

During his tenure as mayor, relations with the police department worsened., michelle has tenure in …