Meaning & use
lease
A legal agreement by which one party rents property to another for a set period.
See it in a sentence
They signed a two-year lease on the apartment downtown.
The lease requires tenants to pay a security deposit before moving in.
A note on using this word
As a verb, "to lease" means to grant or obtain the use of property through such an agreement, as in "the company leases its office space."
Words with a similar meaning
rental agreement
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