Lease



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 租约; 租期; v. 出租
• ［记］ 分割记忆: l+ease ( 安心) , 有了租约安心
• ［例］ sign a lease ( 在租约上签字)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English les, from Anglo-French, from lesser
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a contract by which one conveys real estate, equipment, or facilities for a specified term and for a specified rent; also the act of such conveyance or the term for which it is made
• 2. a piece of land or property that is leased
• 3. a continuance or opportunity for continuance <a new lease on life>

II. transitive verb (leased; leasing)

• Etymology: Anglo-French lesser, laisser, lescher to leave, hand over, lease, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack — more at slack
• Date: circa 1570
• 1. to grant by lease
• 2. to hold under a lease
• Synonyms: see hire
• ? leasable adjective

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