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Webster 1913 Edition
Lease
Lease
(lēz)
, Verb.
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.
Lease
(lēs)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Leased
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Leasing
.] 1.
To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
as, a landowner
; – sometimes with leases
a farm to a tenantout
. 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 owner1.
The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer;
especially,
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
Shall live the
lease
of nature. Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lease
LEASE
,Noun.
1.
A demise or letting of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, for a rent or compensation reserved; also, the contract for such letting.2.
Any tenure by grant or permission.Our high placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature.
LEASE
,Verb.
T.
To let; to demise; to grant the temporary possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for a rent reserved. A leased to B his land in Dale for the annual rent of a pepper corn.
LEASE
,Verb.
I.
To glean; to gather what harvest men have left. Obs.