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plural of lease

as in properties

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lease

as in rents

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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as in hires

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 leases

Noun

Virtually all of its leases include annual rent escalators of 3% to 5%, and its annual lease expirations are spread pretty evenly, at about 11% to 15% annually. —

Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 However, most of the large new retail leases citywide have been signed by health and fitness clubs, medical clinics, fast-food retailers, and educational facilities, according to the Post, making TJ Maxx’s new lease something of an outlier. —

Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 Jan. 2026

Verb

The private equity firm then leases the space back from the investor long term. —

Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 May 2026 Since Freedom Boat Club leases the boat slips at the marina, the company doesn’t own the marina or manage the on-site security team. —

Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 One direct impact could be to Hudson Pacific, the company that currently leases to Netflix its Los Angeles headquarters at Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard. —

Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026 Mitchell said the only reason private operators have done so well with Liberty Station is sweetheart leases the city gave them 25 years ago. —

David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 The first hurdle for the company is reestablishing a right to mine after officials in Biden’s Department of the Interior terminated its federal site leases in early 2022. —

Todd Richmond, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026 Nicolson Farms leases the land from San Antonio Regional Hospital in nearby Upland. —

Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Curtis Russell, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association president, ranches in Sugar City in southeast Colorado and is a member of a grazing association that leases state lands. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026 Sorensen has tried repeatedly, without success, to have the city consider buying Tower 101, which the city leases for about $5 million a year. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leases

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The family resort chain has more than 20 properties across North America; most are clustered on the East Coast and in the Midwest, though there are a handful out west too.

— Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 May 2026
But topological abelian groups lack the particular properties that category theorists desire.

— Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 20 May 2026