lease

1. 1

   An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.formal

2. 2

   An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.

3. 3

   The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.

4. 4

   The document containing such a contract or deed.

5. 5

   The period of such an interest.

   • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
6. 6

   Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.abbreviationalt-of

syn. tenancy · letting

1. 1

   To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.formaltransitive

2. 2

   To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.informaltransitive

   • I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
3. 3

   To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).transitive

4. 4

   To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).transitive

1. 1

   To gather.dialectaltransitive

2. 2

   To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.dialectaltransitive

3. 3

   To glean.dialectaltransitive

4. 4

   To glean, gather up leavings.dialectalintransitive

1. 1

   To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.UKambitransitivedialectal

1. 1

   An open pasture or common.dialectal

   • Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.

1. 1

   Alternative form of leese (“to release”)alt-ofalternativedialectal

1. 1

   The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.dialectal