lease [lees] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
lease [lees]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rent object, residence
Synonyms: charter, hire, let, loan, rent out, sublease, sublet
Antonyms: sell
Main Entry: charter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reserve, commission
Synonyms: allow, authorize, borrow, contract, employ, engage, hire, lease, let, license, permit, rent, sanction
Antonyms: cancel
Main Entry: deed
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: legal paper assigning property; contract
Synonyms: agreement, bargain, certificate, charter, compact, conveyance, covenant, document, indenture, instrument, lease, papers, proof, record, release, security, title, transaction, voucher, warranty
Example Sentences
  • When you buy something, sell it then rent it back from whom you sold it so as to lease to the owner who ever it may be.
  • And as a community, they have decided to accept the offer and lease their land to the wind developers.
  • For example, the university leases us a car and is responsible for the full cost of the lease.
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Main Entry: engage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hire for job, use
Synonyms: appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board, charter, come on board, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with
Antonyms: banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, let go, oust, release
Main Entry: give
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: contribute, supply, transfer
Synonyms: accord, administer, allow, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, cede, come across, commit, confer, consign, convey, deed, deliver, dish out, dispense, dispose of, dole out, donate, endow, entrust, fork over, furnish, gift, grant, hand down, hand out, hand over, heap upon, lavish upon, lay upon, lease, let have, make over, parcel out, part with, pass down, pass out, permit, pony up, present, provide, relinquish, remit, sell, shell out, subsidize, throw in, tip, transmit, turn over, vouchsafe, will
Antonyms: hold, keep, take
Main Entry: hire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: commission for responsibility, use
Synonyms: add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with, utilize
Antonyms: discharge, fire, lay off, let go
Main Entry: let
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rent out object, property
Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, sublease, sublet
Notes: let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place
Antonyms: buy, sell
Main Entry: liability
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: burden, debt
Synonyms: IOU, account, arrear, arrearage, bad news, baggage, balance, bite*, chance, chit, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, indebtment, involvement, lease, loan, millstone, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab
Antonyms: asset
Main Entry: rent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fee paid for use, service, or privilege
Synonyms: hire, lease, payment, rental, tariff
Antonyms: purchase
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