Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leased"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lease \Lease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave,
transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose,
wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.]
1. To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of
lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise;
as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes
with out.

There were some [houses] that were leased out for
three lives. --Addison.

2. To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant
leases his land from the owner.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

leased
adj : hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of
travelers; "a chartered plane"; "the chartered buses
arrived on time" [syn: {chartered}, {hired}] [ant: {unchartered}]


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