lease

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In such case, as the lease has been a long one, and land has risen much, he would doubtless pay a part of the difference.

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  1. noun A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
  2. noun The term or duration of such a contract.
  3. noun Property used or occupied under the terms of such a contract.
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  • However, if a business doesn't require very much driving, a lease could be the way to go, he said.
  • Daniel said the nursing home's current statements seem to indicate that its financial status has improved and, if a lease is approved, the county won't be left holding any major liabilities from its previous operations. —  Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines
  • McMullan said that getting Southern Miss 'name on the lease will be another key to obtaining tax credits. —  hattiesburgamerican.com -
  • Helwege said that Casa Mexicana has a long-term lease, which is good news for patrons of the restaurant. —  seMissourian.com Headlines
  • Under the 2002 Farm Bill rules, a lease was a cash lease if it provided a guaranteed sum of cash payment or a fixed quantity of crop.
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contract ·  mortgage ·  investment ·  purchase ·  rental ·  license ·  rend ·  ownership ·  insurance ·  grant ·  tenure ·  annuity

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  1. 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.

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  1. from Middle English lesen, from Anglo-Saxon lesan (preterit Iæs, plural lǣson, past participle lesen), gather, = Old Saxon lesan = OFries. lesa = Dutch lezen, gather, read, = Middle Low German lesen = Old High German lesan, Middle High German G. lesen, gather, read. = Icelandic lesa, glean, gather, read, = Danish læse = Swedish läsa, read, = Gothic (Moesogothic) lisan (preterit las), gather; cf. Lithuanian lesti, pick up (corn). For the development of the notion ‘read’ from ‘gather,’ cf. Latin legere, Greek λέγειν, gather, read: see legend, collect, etc.
  2. from Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-French *leser, Old French laisier, leisseir, lessier, lesser, laxier, French laisser, let, let go, leave, let out, = Spanish Portuguese laxar = Italian lasciare, leave, lassare, loosen (Middle Latin reflex lassare, leave), from Latin laxare, loosen, from laxus, loose: see lax, laxation. Cf. release.
  3. from Middle English *lese, from Anglo-French *lese, lees, leez, Old French lais, lays, laiz, leis, les, lees, leez, masculine (Anglo-Latin reflex lessa), a lease, also (French legs), a thing left by will, a legacy; cf. Old French laisse, lesse, feminine, a present; from the verb. Cf. lease, leash, of the same ult. origin.
  4. from Middle English lees, les, leas, loose, false, from Anglo-Saxon leás, loose, false: see loose, adjective, which has taken the place of the more orig. lease (Middle English lees).
  5. Also leaze; from Middle English lese (variant of lesewe), from Anglo-Saxon lǣs, a meadow, pasture: see leasow, to which lease is related as mead is to meadow. Cf. lea, which in the sense of ‘pasture’ is prob. in part due to lease taken as a plural *lees.
  6. The more original form of leash.
 

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