Synonyms for lease

Most common

rent · hire · charter · take

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Noun

Antonyms

ownership

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.

2. n. 1

   An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

Related words

Word family

leasee leaseholder leaseback lease-lend leaser

Phrases

lease provider pie crust lease superior lease surface lease

Other spellings

leaze

Forms

Plural

leases → rentals, lettings, tenancies, tenures…

Past participle

leased
e.g. leased → rented, hired, chartered, taken…

Example sentences

• rent I can't afford to rent a house like this in Tokyo.
• engage I'd like to engage in foreign trade in the future.
• glean What can you glean from his search history?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

let¹

4 letters

take¹, rent¹, hire²

5 letters

glean¹

6 letters

engage², rental², tenure², demise²

7 letters

letting², charter², tenancy³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hire² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

bailler