lease

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From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.

From Middle English lese, from Old English lǣs (“meadow”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“meadow”). See also leasow.

From leash.

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lesan (“to collect, pick, select, gather”), from Proto-West Germanic *lesan, from Proto-Germanic *lesaną (“to gather”).

From Middle English lesen, from Old English lēasian (“to lie, tell lies”), from lēas (“falsehood, lying, untruth, mistake”).

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hua — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Azerbaijani: kirayə — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Bulgarian: аренда (arenda) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Catalan: contracte d'arrendament — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Chinese Mandarin: 租約 /租约 (zūyuē) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Dutch: pacht — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Dutch: lease — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Finnish: vuokrasopimus — contract granting use or occupation of property
• French: contrat de bail — contract granting use or occupation of property
• French: bail — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Georgian: იჯარა (iǯara) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• German: Pacht — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Greek: σύμβαση μίσθωσης (sýmvasi místhosis) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Greek: μισθωτήριο (misthotírio) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Greek: εκμίσθωση (ekmísthosi) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Indonesian: sewa guna usaha — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Latin: locātum — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Māori: rīhi — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Persian: اجارهنامه (ejâre-nâme) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Polish: leasing — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Polish: arenda — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Polish: dzierżawa — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Polish: najem — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Romanian: contract de închiriere — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Russian: аре́нда (arénda) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Russian: ли́зинг (lízing) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Russian: сда́ча в аре́нду (sdáča v aréndu) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Russian: сда́ча внаём (sdáča vnajóm) — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Scottish Gaelic: gabhail — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Spanish: arrendamiento — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Spanish: arrendación — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Spanish: leasing — contract granting use or occupation of property
• Chinese Mandarin: 租期 (zūqī) — period of such a contract
• Finnish: vuokra-aika — period of such a contract
• French: loyer — period of such a contract
• Māori: rīhitanga — period of such a contract
• Persian: مدت اجاره (moddat-e ejâre) — period of such a contract
• Spanish: llevanza — period of such a contract
• Bulgarian: арендовам (arendovam) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Dutch: pachten — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Dutch: leasen — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Finnish: vuokrata — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• German: pachten — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Irish: léasaigh — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Māori: rīhi — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Persian: اجاره کردن (ejâre kardan) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Polish: arendować — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Polish: dzierżawić — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Polish: wynajmować — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Polish: wynająć — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Portuguese: arrendar — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Russian: арендова́ть (arendovátʹ) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Russian: брать в аре́нду (bratʹ v aréndu) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Russian: взять в аре́нду (vzjatʹ v aréndu) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Russian: брать внаём (bratʹ vnajóm) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Russian: взять внаём (vzjatʹ vnajóm) — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract
• Scottish Gaelic: gabh air mhàl — to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract