Main Entry:

²lease

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

leased; leas·ing

Etymology:

Anglo-French lesser, laisser, lescher to leave, hand over, lease, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack — more at slack

Date:

circa 1570

1 : to grant by lease 2 : to hold under a lease

synonyms see hire

— leas·able \ˈlē-sə-bəl\ adjective