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Q: How is the word 'lease' different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of lease are charter , hire , let , and rent . While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease. // the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

Q: When would 'charter' be a good substitute for 'lease'?

In some situations, the words charter and lease are roughly equivalent. However, charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use. // charter a bus to go to the game

Q: How are the words 'hire' and 'let' related as synonyms of 'lease'?

Both hire and let , strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. // we hired a car for the summer // decided to let the cottage to a young couple

Q: In what contexts can 'rent' take the place of 'lease'?

Although the words rent and lease have much in common, rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting. // instead of buying a house, they decided to rent // will not rent to families with children

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as in to rent

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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as in to hire

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead

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How is the word lease different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of lease are charter, hire, let, and rent. While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

When would charter be a good substitute for lease?

In some situations, the words charter and lease are roughly equivalent. However, charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.

charter a bus to go to the game

How are the words hire and let related as synonyms of lease?

Both hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.

we hired a car for the summer

decided to let the cottage to a young couple

In what contexts can rent take the place of lease?

Although the words rent and lease have much in common, rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.

instead of buying a house, they decided to rent

will not rent to families with children

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Recent Examples of lease

Noun

The money from the leases goes to the U.S. Treasury. —

Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 The facility is built with government loans and grants that require it to continue sheltering the region’s most vulnerable populations for the duration of the lease. —

Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2025

Verb

The city began soliciting proposals last year for groups interested in leasing and redeveloping the City Hall site. —

Jason Clayworth, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025 Four years ago, her group agreed to lease the land from the city for $12 yearly. —

Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for lease

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Biden's properties in Greenville and Rehoboth Beach, in particular, have appreciated significantly, with their total value nearly doubling.

— Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
In 1974, Congress agreed to refurbish the house on the property of the Naval Observatory as a home for the sitting vice president.

— Addy Bink, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025