lease: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 5 letter points · starts with L · ends with E
Meaning of lease
noun
- formal
An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.
An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.
The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.
The document containing such a contract or deed.
Listed forms: leases.
Source: Wiktionary — lease.
verb
- formal, transitive
To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
- informal, transitive
To hold a lease as a tenant; to rent.
Example: I'm leasing a small apartment in Runcorn for a month while I'm there for work.
- transitive
To assign a temporary IP address to (a networked device).
- transitive
To accept such an assignment of (an IP address).
Listed forms: leases, leasing, leased.
Source: Wiktionary — lease.
verb
- dialectal, transitive
To gather.
- dialectal, transitive
To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
- dialectal, transitive
To glean.
- dialectal, intransitive
To glean, gather up leavings.
Listed forms: leases, leasing, leased.
Source: Wiktionary — lease.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for lease.
noun
property that is leased or rented out or let
noun
the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
- term of a contract
verb
let for money
verb
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lease in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of lease
L(1) + E(1) + A(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of lease
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from lease
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in lease. Showing up to 24, longest first.