Synonyms of leases

leases 1 of 2

noun

plural of lease

as in properties

Related Words

• properties
• tracts
• parcels
• developments
• plats
• plots
• lots
• frontages
• patches
• real estates

leases

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lease

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rents
• subleases
• lets
• hires
• charters
• sublets
• lodges
• engages
• rack-rents

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rents
• hires
• charters
• subleases
• engages
• sublets
• books
• arranges (for)
• contracts (for)
• orders
• reserves
• checks out
• signs up (for)
• bespeaks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of leases

Noun

Three leases, $20 billion, one board member Last October, SpaceX’s S-1 shows, an xAI subsidiary called CTC signed an equipment lease agreement with Valor for AI infrastructure hardware—specifically, the GPUs needed to power xAI’s data centers. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 May 2026

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

Netflix, which declined to comment, leases over 700,000 square feet across three office buildings. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026

Capeweek is spearheaded by Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority, which leases the former space shuttle landing facility and surrounding land. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026

The letter says Alterra currently leases approximately 41,000 square feet at Zeppelin Station in RiNo, 3501 Wazee Street, and is responsible for base rent of approximately $133,227 per month, plus its share of building operating expenses. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

The third prong of this proposal would move things along by nixing the need for hearings and approvals by the City Council and the City Planning Commission when the city leases office space for its employees. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2026

Anthropic is working to secure direct data center leases to avoid buying on-demand cloud compute resources from its own competition. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

The company builds or leases data centers and sells computing capacity to hyperscalers and AI labs. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

The company manages and leases 25 million square feet of space, ranging from large urban mixed-use destinations to lifestyle, community and open-air centers, either built from the ground up or purchased. — David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

The company leases office space, including in Hollywood and Culver City, which eventually could be phased out. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026