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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

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 Historic Third Ward BID – which leases Catalano from the city – will seek construction bids this summer, its executive director said. —

Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 18 Mar. 2026 The Housing Commission leases office space to create a non-profit center, and subleases to the NonProfit Collaborative, according to the bill. —

Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 The winemaker Solitary Cellars leases the buildings on the land, which are used for wine-tasting, live music and wedding facilities. —

Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 The nonprofit leases the buildings back to DPS, which allows Denver School Facilities to mortgage the buildings with a bank trustee that collateralizes the buildings in exchange for debt proceeds, according to the lawsuit. —

Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2026 Launchpad leases the building from a nonprofit and has put about $100,000 toward it for renovations. —

Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026 The bill would have given the attorney general authority to act if a landlord improperly leases a property. —

Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 With these arrangements sometimes called subscriptions or power purchase agreements (PPAs), a third party owns the panels and leases them back to the homeowner. —

Jeff Brady, NPR, 25 Feb. 2026 The city currently leases beds in the city detention center to the county, but that contract is set to expire at the end of this year. —

Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 17 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for leases

Noun

James misrepresented how two of her properties in Illinois and Florida would be used in home insurance filings with Universal Property Insurance and Allstate Insurance Company, the new filings read, according to MS Now.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Officers are searching two properties in north London, a few miles from the scene of the attack in Golders Green.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026