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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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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

The prelaunch test involved firing up the rocket while it was securely held in place on the ground to verify hardware was working as intended at Launch Complex 36, which Blue Origin leases at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Because the library leases the building from the village, the library board decided May 12 to ask the village to pay for repairs, Bergeron said in her email. —

Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026 In a typical sale-leaseback, one party sells an asset to another, then leases it back. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 May 2026 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

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With natural stone in ocher and white and touches of unfinished wood, the undulating, interlocking structures create a modernist effect—a welcome change from the more classic and frumpy properties of the Côte d’Azur.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
With now more than 1,000 luxury and lifestyle properties globally, Hilton delivers more aspirational choices to discerning travelers.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 4 June 2026