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As of this summer, the automaker has been selling vehicles and offering leasing options from its Louisville location, The Courier Journal first reported.—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 23 Aug. 2025 Islamic banks also can’t charge interest and so must instead generate a return through some other mechanism, like profit-sharing or leasing.—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025 The offices-to-homes strategy can keep cities vital while creating new jobs in design, construction, leasing and more.—Dean Kaplan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 For example, the Oneida Nation has been trying to expand its commercial land leasing.—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leasing
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lesing, from Old English lēasung, from lēasian to lie, from lēas false
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of leasing was
before the 12th century
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