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  • present participle of lease.
Definitions

leasing

[lee-zing] / ˈli zɪŋ /
VERB
rent object, residence
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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It would diversify the group’s investment portfolio, and a reliable tenant was committed to leasing the building once it was finished, Peck said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

This week the company also launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets US customers pay for an iPhone or other devices in monthly installments.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Eligibility is open to all Californians buying or leasing their first EV — this is confirmed through a buyer’s attestation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The program, dubbed Apple Upgrade, will offer 12- and 24-month leasing options for iPhone and Apple Watch, and 24- and 36-month terms for Mac and iPad.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

The reaction would begin—speeding neutrons would hit uranium atoms, which would split, re- leasing energy and more neutrons.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

He hates fowle leasings, and vile flatterie, Two filthie blots in noble gentrie; And lothefull idlenes he doth detest, The canker worme of everie gentle brest.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

For to what purpose should an Historiographer make leasings, if history be a report of plaine trueth?

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Hakluyt, Richard

This anecdote led to a long discussion of All those idle thoughts and fantasies, Devices, dreams, opinions unsound, Shows, visions, soothsays, and prophecies, And all that feigned is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

From Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since by Scott, Walter, Sir

They do now but cry: Let us go and make sacrifice to our God, let them be oppressed by labor and exercised that they attend not to leasings.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.

I care no more for such a gillflirt," said the Jester, "than I do for thy leasings.

From Waverley by Scott, Walter, Sir



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