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# lease

noun (leases); verb (leases, leased, leasing); old use: to glean

«lease» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A lease is a written agreement to rent a house or land for a time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#m1)
2. To lease is to rent something under such an agreement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#m2)
3. (old use, in rhymes) To go a-leasing is to go gleaning, picking up the corn left in the fields after harvest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#m3)

### In the lessons

in old rhymes «went a-leasing» means gathering the leftover grain in the fields; in modern life a family may lease a flat

### Examples

- We signed a lease for the flat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#x1)
- They leased a field for their sheep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#x2)
- Titty Mouse went a-leasing in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#x3)
- Tatty Mouse went a-leasing too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths. In the tales «lease» is not about renting; it belongs to the old rhyme about gleaning.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lease/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lease» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lease.html) on Mova free.