lease

noun

1. (formal)An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
2. An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
3. The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
4. The document containing such a contract or deed.
5. The period of such an interest.

   “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date:”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of)Short for DHCP lease The temporary assignment of an IP address to a networked device.
7. (dialectal)An open pasture or common.

   “Since as a child I used to lie Upon the leaze and watch the sky, Never, I own, expected I That life would all be fair.”

8. (dialectal)The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

verb

1. (formal, transitive)To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
2. (informal, transitive)To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.

   “I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.”

3. (transitive)To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
4. (transitive)To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
5. (dialectal, transitive)To gather.
6. (dialectal, transitive)To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
7. (dialectal, transitive)To glean.
8. (dialectal, intransitive)To glean, gather up leavings.
9. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal)To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
10. (alt-of, alternative, dialectal)Alternative form of leese (“to release”)

name

1. A surname.