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lease

Definition

  • noun: a legal agreement that lets someone use a car, house, etc., for a period of time in return for payment
  • noun: a contract by which one conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a specified rent
  • verb: to use (something) for a period of time in return for payment
  • verb: to grant by lease
  • synonyms: glean, let, demise

Examples

  • After they made the movie, the book got 'a new lease on life'. [=the book became newly popular]

  • The 'lease' expires next month. = The 'lease' runs out next month.

  • The band has given this style of music 'a new lease on life'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) You know, I bought a new car recently. Man, with the contracts and all, Came to pages. Well, this is a lease. I ain't buying yet. You interested in computers, Jesse? No. Well, (..)
    1993 Free Willy