- a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment（土地、房产、服务等的）租约。
with obj.
1- grant (property) on lease; let出租（房地产）：
she leased the site to a local company.
她把该场地租给了当地一家公司。
1.1
- take (property) on lease; rent租用：
land was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall.
土地是从康沃尔公爵领地上租来的。
短语
a new lease of （或 〈北美〉on） life
- a substantially improved prospect of life or use after rejuvenation or repair充满生气的新的生活阶段, （修复后）重新使用阶段。
派生词
leasable
adjective词源
late Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier 'let， leave'， from Latin laxare 'make loose'， from laxus 'loose， lax'.