(~s, leasing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a legal agreement by which the owner of a building, a piece of land, or something such as a car allows someone else to use it for a period of time in return for money.
He took up a 10 year ~ on the house at Rossie Priory.
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2.
If you ~ property or something such as a car from someone or if they ~ it to you, they allow you to use it in return for regular payments of money.
He went to Toronto, where he ~d an apartment...
She hopes to ~ the building to students...
He will need more grazing land and perhaps La Prade could ~ him a few acres.
VERB: V n, V n to n, V n n
3.
If you say that someone or something has been given a new ~ of life, you are emphasizing that they are much more lively or successful than they have been in the past.
The operation has given me a new ~ of life.
PHRASE: PHR after v