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Uncommonlease
The correct spelling is lease.
How to pronounce lease
/liːs/
verbIPA: /liːs/
Say it like: Lee-se
The correct spelling is lease. (chiefly dialectal) To gather.
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Meanings
verb
- 1.(chiefly dialectal) To gather.
- 2.(chiefly dialectal) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- 3.(chiefly dialectal) To glean.
- 4.(chiefly dialectal) To glean, gather up leavings.
- 5.To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
noun
- 1.An open pasture or common.
- 2.A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
- 3.The period of such a contract.
- 4.A leasehold.
- 5.The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
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