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   lease

   /liːs/

   noun

   • 1. a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment: "a six-month lease on a shop"

   verb

   • 1. grant (property) on lease; let: "she leased the site to a local company" Similar rent outrenthirehire outsubletsubleasefarm outcharge for the use ofletlet outOpposite sell
   • ▪ take (property) on lease; rent: "land was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall" Similar renthirecharterengagetakeborrowpay for the use ofOpposite buy

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier ‘let, leave’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. leasable adjective
   • 2. leaser noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   11 hours ago · University of Michigan. /  42.27694°N 83.73806°W  / 42.27694; -83.73806. The University of Michigan ( U-M, UMich, or simply Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state.