Lease
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to hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner
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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
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any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time
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lēs, n. in weaving, the plane in which the warp-threads cross: this system of crossing.
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property that is leased or rented out or let
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to gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean
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the contract for such letting
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the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
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lēs, n. a contract letting a house, farm, c. for a term of years: the duration or term of tenure: any tenure.—v.t. to let for a term of years:—pr.p. leas′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. leased.—adjs. Leas′able; Lease′hold, held by lease or contract.—n. a tenure held by lease.—ns. Lease′holder; Leas′er, one who leases. [Fr. laisser, to leave—L. laxāre, to loose, laxus, loose.]
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lēz, v.i. (prov.) to glean.—n. Leas′ing, gleaning. [A.S. lesan, to gather.]
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