noun
: a legal contract for the right to work a mine and extract the mineral or other valuable deposits from it under prescribed conditions of time, price, rental, or royalties — called also mineral lease
noun
: a legal contract for the right to work a mine and extract the mineral or other valuable deposits from it under prescribed conditions of time, price, rental, or royalties — called also mineral lease
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012