Definition of "lease" in inglés

noun

1. (formal, law) An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

2. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.

3. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.

4. The document containing such a contract or deed.

5. The period of such an interest.

6. (computing) The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.

verb

1. (transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.

2. (transitive, informal) To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.

   • I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.

3. (computing, transitive) To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).

4. (computing, transitive) To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).

verb

1. (transitive) To gather.

2. (transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.

3. (transitive) To glean.

4. (intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.

verb

1. (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

noun

1. An open pasture or common.

verb

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To release; let go; unloose.

noun

1. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.