From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.
Meanings
(formal) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
The document containing such a contract or deed.
The period of such an interest.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 18”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
pl najem (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fi vuokra-aika (period of such a contract) · bg аренда (contract granting use or occupation of property) · es arrendamiento (contract granting use or occupation of property) · de Pacht (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fa اجارهنامه (contract granting use or occupation of property) · az kirayə (contract granting use or occupation of property) · uk оре́нда (contract granting use or occupation of property) · ru сда́ча внаём (contract granting use or occupation of property) · uk зда́ча в оре́нду (contract granting use or occupation of property) · cmn 租期 (period of such a contract) · nl pacht (contract granting use or occupation of property) · es arrendación (contract granting use or occupation of property) · pl arenda (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fa مدت اجاره (period of such a contract) · el εκμίσθωση (contract granting use or occupation of property) · uk зда́ча в найо́м (contract granting use or occupation of property) · el σύμβαση μίσθωσης (contract granting use or occupation of property) · gd gabhail (contract granting use or occupation of property) · es llevanza (period of such a contract) · ro contract de închiriere (contract granting use or occupation of property) · sq hua (contract granting use or occupation of property) · ca contracte d'arrendament (contract granting use or occupation of property) · ru сда́ча в аре́нду (contract granting use or occupation of property) · pl dzierżawa (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fi vuokrasopimus (contract granting use or occupation of property) · pl leasing (contract granting use or occupation of property) · nl lease (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fr bail (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fr loyer (period of such a contract) · ru ли́зинг (contract granting use or occupation of property) · el μισθωτήριο (contract granting use or occupation of property) · es leasing (contract granting use or occupation of property) · mi rīhitanga (period of such a contract) · id sewa guna usaha (contract granting use or occupation of property) · la locātum (contract granting use or occupation of property) · ka იჯარა (contract granting use or occupation of property) · fr contrat de bail (contract granting use or occupation of property) · cmn 租約 /租约 (contract granting use or occupation of property) · ru аре́нда (contract granting use or occupation of property) · mi rīhi (contract granting use or occupation of property)
From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.
Meanings
(formal, transitive) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
(informal, transitive) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
(transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
(transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
bg арендовам (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · nl leasen (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · gd gabh air mhàl (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · pl wynajmować (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · mi rīhi (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ru брать в аре́нду (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · pl wynająć (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ga léasaigh (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · nl pachten (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ru взять в аре́нду (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · de pachten (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · pl arendować (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · fa اجاره کردن (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ru арендова́ть (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · pt arrendar (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · fi vuokrata (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ru брать внаём (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · pl dzierżawić (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract) · ru взять внаём (to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract)
From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”).
Meanings
(dialectal, transitive) To gather.
(dialectal, transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(dialectal, transitive) To glean.
(dialectal, intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
From Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow.
Meanings
(dialectal) An open pasture or common.
Since as a child I used to lie
Upon the leaze and watch the sky,
Never, I own, expected I
That life would all be fair. 1928, Thomas Hardy, He Never Expected Much: