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lease
What does lease mean?
lease (noun): a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce lease?
/lis/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “lease” mean?
an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
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the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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a secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable
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a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment
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