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lease 1. a contract by which property is conveyed to a person for a specified period, usually for rent 2. the instrument by which such property is conveyed 3. the period of time for which it is conveyed lease [lēs] (industrial engineering) Contract between landowner and another granting the latter the right to use the land, usually upon payment of an agreed rental, bonus, or royalty. A piece of land that is leased. (textiles) A means of keeping warp threads in position during weaving and beaming by passing them alternately over and under a set of rods. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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By the aid of cunning architects he had first blasted his harbour into shape, then built his hotels and pleasure-palaces, and then leased them to dependants of his who knew the right sort of people, and who knew that it was as much as their lease was worth to find accommodation for teetotal amateur photographers or wistful wandering Sunday-school treats. Philip's father was a surgeon in good practice, and his hospital appointments suggested an established position; so that it was a surprise on his sudden death from blood-poisoning to find that he had left his widow little more than his life insurance and what could be got for the lease of their house in Bruton Street. I will not accept as the crown of my desires a block of buildings with tenements for the poor on a lease of a thousand years, and perhaps with a sign-board of a dentist hanging out. |
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