lease

1. 1.

   property that is leased or rented out or let

   Synonymsrentalletting

   Broaderproperty

   Narrowercar rentalsublease
2. 2.

   a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

   Broadercontract
3. 3.

   the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect

   Synonymsterm of a contract

   Broadertime period

Other forms of lease

plural

leases·

past tense

leased·

present participle

leasing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lease

What does lease mean?

lease means "let for money". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lease?

lease has 1 syllable: lease. In IPA it is /ˈlis/.

What is another word for lease?

Close synonyms include rent, rent, hire, charter, let. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lease a common word?

lease is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lease?

3 words rhyme with lease. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.