lease

lease
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
    (土地、房产、服务等的)租约
verb
  1. [with obj.]grant (property) on lease; let
    租借
    she leased the site to a local company.
    她把该场地租给了当地一家公司。
    ■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。
常用词组
a new lease of (或 北美 on) life
  1. 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
leasable
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier 'let, leave', from Latin laxare 'make loose', from laxus 'loose, lax'
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