Synonyms of leased

leased

verb

past tense of lease

1

as in rented

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rented
• subleased
• hired
• let
• chartered
• sublet
• engaged
• lodged
• rack-rented

2

as in hired

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rented
• hired
• chartered
• engaged
• subleased
• sublet
• arranged (for)
• checked out
• reserved
• contracted (for)
• ordered
• booked
• signed up (for)
• bespoke

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of leased

Thinking Machines Lab and Cohere opened their first New York offices this year, and Anthropic leased a 16-story Hudson Square building. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Hearings revealed that Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall had secretly leased federal oil reserves in Wyoming to two private corporations and had received personal loans and gifts from the companies in return. — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

With an adjacent property planned for a 1,000-unit residential subdivision on the Locust land that the family has leased for several years, a path to land ownership is critical to surviving development pressure. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

But just three years later Union Carbide sold the property and leased back office space, then gradually decreased its footprint for years. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

The stadium would be leased to the Chiefs for $7 million a year. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

So when a new local food truck quickly leased the lot, solo style, promise refilled the air. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026

Like Airpark Plaza, the shopping plaza was fully leased when Publix acquired it. — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Blacks in the South were routinely imprisoned on petty or trumped-up charges, then leased out to landowners, mining companies, railroads and factories as unpaid labor. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026