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as in to hire
to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum
I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead
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Recent Examples of lease
Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
The city would make annual lease payments over a 30-year term.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Martin Hermann, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Saturday’s auction will feature 140 tracts of varying sizes in different locations across the state, and they’ll be leased out to hunters on a five-year cycle.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 May 2025
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Noun
But for Youn Park, whose Little Orbit corner store is located in a facsimile of an old ticket booth at the transportation center, CATS’ decision to end the leases was sad.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
The city would make annual lease payments over a 30-year term.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2025
Verb
Many farmers are leasing land for clean power projects, generating stable income streams that help sustain agricultural economies and keep land in the family for future generations.
—Martin Hermann, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Saturday’s auction will feature 140 tracts of varying sizes in different locations across the state, and they’ll be leased out to hunters on a five-year cycle.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lease
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Hemp hearts Advertisement First, to clarify: The soft-shelled seeds of the hemp plant don't contain psychoactive or mind-altering properties.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
13 June 2025
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The property is one of the top five sales in the history of Hillsborough, and largest since the Western White House closed for $23 million last year.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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The group who rents out the synagogue decided that women are allowed to pants, though Barbara notes that she’s never seen the pastor’s wife in anything but skirts or dresses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Norah would rather keep an apartment vacant than rent to the wrong person.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Yet while hiring generally has slowed, other economists figured job growth remained sturdy last month as companies frustrated by labor shortages during the pandemic continued to curtail layoffs.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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The company hired McKinsey to develop a growth playbook for CNN.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Receiving Botox injections around the pelvic floor and bladder may lead to urinary tract infections, urinary retention, or pain while urinating.9 For most people, these urinary symptoms are mild and temporary.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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Three lots of a drug designed to treat various urinary tract infections have been recalled because the white round tablets might have black spots from microbial contamination.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 June 2025
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This is how modern software development should function.—
Dan Rogers,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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There’s also not much being made about Canales year 2 development of everyone not named Bryce Young.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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“Lease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lease. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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