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
[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
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
late Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier 'let, leave', from Latin laxare 'make loose', from laxus 'loose, lax'