5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, n. [Cf. OF lais. See {Lease}, v. t.]
1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments
to another for life, for a term of years, or at will or
for any less interest than that which the lessor has in
the property, usually for a specified rent or
compensation.
2. The contract for such letting.
3. Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such
a tenure holds good; allotted time.
Our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of
nature. --Shak.
{Lease and release} a mode of conveyance of freehold estates,
formerly common in England and in New York. its place is
now supplied by a simple deed of grant. --Burrill.
--Warren's Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, v. i. [AS. lesan to gather; akin to D. lezen to
gather, read, G. lesen, Goth. lisan to gather; cf Lith lesti
to peck.]
To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean. [Obs.]
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr & vb n.
{Leasing}.] [F. laisser OF laissier lessier, to leave
transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,
wide. See {Lax}, and cf {Lesser}.]
1. To grant to another by lease the possession of as of
lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let to demise;
as a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
with out
There were some [houses] that were leased out for
three lives. --Addison.
2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of as a tenant
leases his land from the owner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Record \Re*cord"\ (r?*k?rd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recorded}; p.
pr & vb n. {Recording}.] [OE. recorden to repeat, remind,
F. recorder, fr L. recordari to remember; pref. re- re- +
cor, cordis, the heart or mind. See {Cordial}, {Heart}.]
1. To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.
[Obs.] ``I it you record.'' --Chaucer.
2. To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
They longed to see the day to hear the lark Record
her hymns, and chant her carols blest. --Fairfax.
3. To preserve the memory of by committing to writing, to
printing, to inscription, or the like to make note of to
write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose
of preserving authentic evidence of to register; to
enroll; as to record the proceedings of a court; to
record historical events.
Those things that are recorded of him . . . are
written in the chronicles of the kings. --1 Esd. i.
42.
{To record a deed}, {mortgage}, {lease}, etc., to have a copy
of the same entered in the records of the office
designated by law, for the information of the public.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lease
n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: {rental},
{letting}]
2: a contract granting use or occupation of property during a
specified time for a specified payment
3: the period of time during which a contract conveying
property to a person is in effect [syn: {term of a
contract}]
v 1: let for money; of housing [syn: {rent}]
2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and
services [syn: {rent}, {hire}, {charter}]
3: grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am
leasing my country estate to some foreigners" [syn: {let},
{rent}]
4: engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on
a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a
guide in Rome?" [syn: {rent}, {hire}, {charter}, {engage},
{take}]
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