Lease

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1. Verb

To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

2. Verb

To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.

3. Verb

To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.

4. Verb

A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.

5. Verb

The contract for such letting.

6. Verb

Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

7. Noun

a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
Vocabulary classified under Law

8. Noun

property that is leased or rented out or let
Vocabulary classified under Law
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