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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
.]
[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
.

Lease

(lēs)
,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
lais
. See
Lease
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
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
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.
[See the Verb.]
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.
[Eng. let. See Let.]
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.
leez. [L. lego.]
To glean; to gather what harvest men have left. Obs.

Definition 2024

léase

léase

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Spanish

Verb

léase

  1. Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of leer, lea and the pronoun se.
    Léase también la Orden General núm. 8.‎
    Also read General Order No. 8.

Usage notes

The singular passive reflexive takes only a singular object, such as one specific page. Two or more objects require the plural passive reflexive léanse.

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