noun, verb
noun a legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent:
to take out a lease on a flat * The lease expires / runs out next year. * Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges.
IDIOMS
a (new) lease of life (BrE) (AmE a )new( lease on life) the chance to live or last longer, or with a better quality of life:
Since her hip operation she's had a new lease of life.
verb ~ sth (from sb)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for lease is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does lease appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — lease appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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