lease¹ /lēs/

1. A contract letting or renting a house, farm, etc for a term
2. Tenure or rights under such a contract
3. The duration of such tenure
4. A hold upon, or prospect of continuance of, life, enjoyment, health, etc

To grant or take under lease

leasˈable adjective

leasˈer noun

A lessee

leaseˈback noun

An arrangement whereby the buyer of a property leases it back to the seller (also called sale and leaseback)

leaseˈhold noun

1. Land or property held by the occupier under a lease
2. A tenure by lease

adjective

Held by lease

leaseˈholder noun

leaseˈ-lend same as lend-lease (see under lend).

a new lease of life

Renewed strength or liveliness

lease² /lēz/ (dialect)

To glean

leasˈing noun

Gleaning

lease³ /lēs/

In weaving, a place or way of separating warp threads at the ends

leaseˈ-band or leaseˈ-rod noun

A band or rod above and below which the warp threads are placed

lease⁴ or leaze /lēz/ (dialect)

Pasture

• wiredrew
• wired up
• wired wireless
• wired wirelesses
• wire fraud
• wire gauge
• wire gauges
• wire gauze
• wire gauzes
• wire glass
• wire glasses
• wire grass
• wire grasses
• wire guard
• wire guards
• wire-guided
• wire-hair
• wire-haired
• wire-haired terrier
• wire-haired terriers
• wire-hairs
• with one's head in the clouds
• with one's nose in the air
• with one's pants down
• with one's tail up