lease
/liːs/
verb
- 1
(chiefly dialectal) To gather.
- 2
(chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- 3
(chiefly dialectal) To glean.
- 4
(chiefly dialectal) To glean, gather up leavings.
verb
- 1
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
noun
- 1
An open pasture or common.
verb
- 1
To release; let go; unloose.
noun
- 1
A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
- 2
The period of such a contract.
- 3
A leasehold.
verb
- 1
To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
- 2
To take or hold by lease.
- 3
To grant a lease; to let or rent.
noun
- 1
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
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