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lease

/lees/US // lis //UK // (liːs) //

租约,租赁,出租,契约

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
    • : the property leased.
    • : the period of time for which a lease is made: a five-year lease.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    leased, leas·ing.

    • : to grant the temporary possession or use of to another, usually for compensation at a fixed rate; let: She plans to lease her apartment to a friend.
    • : to take or hold by lease: He leased the farm from the sheriff.
v.无主动词 verb
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    leased, leas·ing.

    • : to grant a lease; let or rent: to lease at a lower rental.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Anyone who is taking space or looking at a lease expiration is looking at a major redesign.

  • Under these conditions, it would make more sense for companies that are active on Alaska’s North Slope to pursue sites they currently have under lease, which pose much lower risk.

  • The city’s lease for Civic Center Plaza had gone month-to-month.

  • Chapter 11 allows retailers to easily get out of lease agreements.

  • The city of San Diego has long struggled with leases for buildings to house its workers.

  • Increasingly, criminals actually lease their malware from a group that guarantees their malware against detection.

  • Ironically, as pope, his championing of the poor has given Liberation Theology a new lease on life.

  • So Wilson had to innovate a new business plan—a $950 monthly lease, with 2,000 free copies.

  • The schools buy or lease nearly everything from companies owned by Mitchell.

  • He has underpinned his future program by winning from NASA a 20-year lease on the legendary launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.

  • He wishes to cultivate it still, and offers to renew the lease for any number of years, and pay the rent punctually.

  • The rent for which the owner can lease it, emerges simply as a consequence of the existing state of wages and prices.

  • He and his friends obtained the lease, for thirty-one years, of a rival line, which turned out a great financial success.

  • If the time be less, a verbal lease may be made, even though the lessee does not take immediate possession of the premises.

  • A lease to a specified day continues during the whole of it, though custom or statute may prescribe a different rule.