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Word entry · 5 letters

lease

Best crossword clue

"Rental contract"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /liːs/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aeelsStarts with LEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. engage for service under a term of contract

Word origin

From Middle English *lesen, from Anglo-Norman *leser, Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go”), partly from Latin laxō (“to loose”) and partly from Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, release”) (German lassen), cognate with Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, leave, rent”) whence let.

Used in a sentence

  • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
  • I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
  • Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Rental contract5 letters
02Rental agreement5 letters

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