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lease

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


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Additionally, “free cash appears to be 11% ahead for the quarter as stronger Ebitda, lower capex and lower lease payments more than offset the impact of the working capital outflow in the quarter,” they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Concerns about the company's future first emerged in November, when its lease was due to expire.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The Weiss family, which founded Mel’s Drive-In diner in 1947, had been eyeing the property for years and signed a lease in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

If she is on Medicare/SSDI, you could buy her a home with your own funds and either lease it to her and/or allow her to live in it as a life estate.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

It is, basically, a response to propaganda, something like the panic-producing pheromones that slave-taking ants re lease to disorganize the colonies of their prey.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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