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lease

[lees] / lis /
VERB
rent object, residence
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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“You lease a place, you expect everything to be functioning, including the elevator,” Walden says.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

"The transaction signals a new lease of life for a business that was bloated with debt and struggled with low growth," said AJ Bell head of markets Dan Coatsworth.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The company netted about $30 billion from debt sales, bringing long-term debt to $77.5 billion, in addition to another $13 billion in lease liabilities.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Under the leasehold system, people own the right to occupy a property via a lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

William Burns had once investigated Comstock for allegedly assisting an oil company in a scheme to bribe the Osage Tribal Council for a favorable lease, but the charge was never proven.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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