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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- lease [liːs]
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1.
n
a contract by which property is conveyed to a person for a specified period, usually for rent
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2.
n
the instrument by which such property is conveyed
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3.
n
the period of time for which it is conveyed
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4.
n
a prospect of renewed health, happiness, etc
- a new lease of life
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to grant possession of (land, buildings, etc) by lease
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6.
vt.
to take a lease of (property); hold under a lease
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C15: via Anglo-French from Old French lais (n), from laissier to let go, from Latin lax
a re to loosen
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1.
n
a contract by which property is conveyed to a person for a specified period, usually for rent
- lease [liːz]
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1.
n
[dialect]
open pasture or common
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2.
n
[Etymology]
Old English l
æ s; perhaps related to Old Norse la th property
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1.
n
[dialect]
open pasture or common
Examples
- The lease expired.
- 租借期限终止。 → expire
- an ironclad lease
- 难以改变的租约 → ironclad
- a two-year lease
- 两年的租期 → lease
- onerous lease
- 有偿租契 → onerous
- to renew a lease
- 使租约展期 → renew
- The lease on my apartment is near the end of its term.
- 我公寓的租约快到期了。 → term
- on lease (to)
- 被租给 → lease
- to give sb a new lease of life
- 给某人注入新的活力 → lease
- to lease sth to sb
- [+flat, car, land] 把某物租给某人 → lease
- assignment of a lease → assignment
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