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Meaning of Lease | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
liːs

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
  3. An open pasture or common.
  4. The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
  5. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
  6. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
  7. The document containing such a contract or deed.
  8. The period of such an interest.
  9. The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.

Equivalents

Examples

“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:”
“Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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