2 definitions found
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
leased
adj : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of
travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses
arrived on time" [syn: {chartered}, {hired}] [ant: {unchartered}]
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