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Definition: Lease |
LeaseNoun1. Property that is leased or rented out or let. 2. A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment. 3. The period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect. Verb1. Let for money; of housing. 2. Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. 3. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners". 4. Engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lease" was first used: sometime around 1384. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | A contract by which the owner grants the right to possess and use real estate or equipment to another, and which sets forth the terms of payment and other conditions. (references) |
Industry | A system of crossing warp ends alternately at one end and in groups at the other end, to keep them in proper position and under control during beaming and weaving. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A formation of the ends of a warp that maintains orderly arrangement of the ends during warping and preparation processes, and during weaving. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Law | Contract whereby the lessor obligates himself to allow the lessee the use of an object, and the lessee obligates himself to pay rent therefor to the lessor. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Concession system:under this system the state or private owner has the right to grant concessions or leases to mine operators at discretion and subject to certain general restrictions; originates in the doctrine that all mineral wealth is the prerogative of the crown or the feudatory lord; contrast "claim system" Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. A contract between a landowner and another, granting the latter the right to search for and produce oil or mineral substances upon payment of an agreed rental, bonus, and/or royalty b. The instrument by which such grant is made. c. A piece of land leased for mining purposes. See also:claim;concession system; royalty. (references) | |
Public Administration | Lease is used when equipment is supplied by an intermediary, a leasing company, or a financial institution acting as a leasing company The user or lessee has a title to the equipment as leases are granted for a specific period of years. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Lease, Let, Rent, Hire. We may lease to or from. "I leased the farm to my neighbor." "I leased this house from Brown." We let to another; as, "I let my house to my cousin." We may rent to or from another. We may hire from another," as, "I hired a servant;" "he hired a boat." With out and reflexively we may hire to another; as," I hired out my horses;" "he hired himself to the miller." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LEASE | English | Limiting Equilibrium Analysis in Soil Engineering | Food & Agriculture, Engineering & Technology |
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Synonyms: LeaseSynonyms: letting (n), rental (n), term of a contract (n), charter (v), engage (v), hire (v), let (v), rent (v), take (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Borrowing | Hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take. |
Health | Return to health; recover; get better; (improve); take a new lease of life, fresh lease of life; recruit; restore to health; cure; (restore); tinker. |
Lending | Let, demise, lease, sett, underlet. |
Property | Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility. |
Security | Let, sett; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in pledge; lend on security. |
Transfer | Noun: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission; (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange; (interchange); barter;Noun: transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation; demise, limitation; conveyancing; transmission; (transference); enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release; exchange; (interchange); barter; substitution. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It was great, for about two months, and then we found out that this -this jerk who had gotten us the lease was shamming everybody on, and (The Bourne Identity; writing credit: Tony Gilroy) As if I had been granted a new lease in life (The Talented Mr. Ripley; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) I can't, I have a lease. (Bringing Up Baby; writing credit: Hagar Wilde; Dudley Nichols) More like a lease with an option to buy. (The Return of Swamp Thing; writing credit: Len Wein; Bernie Wrightson) I happen to have a lease in my pocket (The Goodbye Girl; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Claws in the Lease (1963) Lease of Life (1954) Lend Lease (1944) The Broken Lease (1912) A New Lease of Death (1991) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Oil storage tanks on BLM lease near Carlsbad, NM. Credit: Unknown. |  | In a New England port during World War I. USS L-10 (Submarine # 50) is in the foreground. USS Parthenia (SP-671) is inboard of Marold, and the stern of USS Cobra (SP-626) is visible at right. The motor boat Marold was built in 1914 as a civilian pleasure craft. She was acquired by the Navy under free lease and commissioned on 2 June 1917. Following World War I service, she was returned to her owner on 9 May 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Chicken house and cattle barn, made of straw and wire, on William Helmke farm near Dickens, Iowa. The ninety acres and the crop share lease owned by a lawyer. All the buildings are of his own construction. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Detail of corn crib on Nelson brothers' farm showing need for repairs and paint. Owned by fraternal order, American Order of United Workmen, Des Moines, Iowa. Crop share lease. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Hog house built by August Feck, tenant farmer, near Templeton, Indiana. Feck has been a tenant on this farm for the past twelve years and has had to do much building and repairing at his own expense, but he has never been given more than a one year lease. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Melbourne, Australia. Beaufort torpedo bomber rear fuselage and tail sub-assembly plant. Assembling rear fuselages. A high percentage of the jigs and tools were imported under the lend lease arrangement. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Reed lease looking N. from Job Hill showing Caufield lease, Sterling R[...] Oil Co., Linda Vista and Piedmont properties. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bell Lease, Santa Maria oil field. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Big Production", panographed from Middle States Lease block 96 featuring, from left to right, blocks 95-89-88-87, "Burkwaggoner Pool". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Santa Fe Lease. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Sale or lease" by Michelle Kwajafa Commentary: "A building in baltimore with a for sale or lease sign." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | Why so large a cost, having so short a lease, does thou upon your fading mansion spend? |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the ports of Hamburg and Stettin Germany shall lease to the Czecho-Slovak State, for a period of 99 years, areas which shall be placed under the general regime of free zones and shall be used for the direct transit of goods coming from or going to that State. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The house in the Rue Plumet being taken on a lease, still belonged to Cosette |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The normal lease terms are 3-5 years. (references) | |
Given PIA's current state of finance, the lease option seems more realistic. (references) | ||
Differences depend on the first deposit and the length of the lease contract. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Estonia | The Cathedral is owned by the city of Tallinn and rented out to its Russian Orthodox congregation on a several decades lease. (references) |
Ethiopia | Unlike in previous years, Jehovah's Witnesses were allotted land by the Government outside of Addis Ababa; however, because there are no unoccupied lots available in Addis Ababa, Jehovah's Witnesses residing there lease land from private owners. (references) | |
Economic History | Laos | THIS INCLUDES MORTGAGE LEASE INTERESTS. (references) |
Human Rights | Tunisia | An individual must have an identity card to sign a lease, to buy or drive a car, to receive access to healthcare, bank accounts, and pensions, and even to join a sports club. (references) |
Minorities | Fiji | Most cash crop farmers are Indo-Fijians, who lease land from the ethnic Fijian landowners through the Native Land Trust Board. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | The High Court ruled that the Government's use of the Jewish National Fund to develop public land was discriminatory, since the fund's by-laws prohibit the sale or lease of land to non-Jews. (references) | |
Political Economy | BULGARIA | Foreign persons may acquire ownership of buildings and limited property rights, and may lease land. (references) |
Fiji | Investment is depressed due to continuing concerns over the resolution of land lease issues and political upheaval. (references) | |
FINLAND | The Telecommunication Act was replaced by the Telecommunications Market Act of 1997, which improved the opportunities of telecommunication operators to profitably lease each other's telecommunications connections. (references) | |
Trade | Maldives | The company would provide lease financing. (references) |
Norway | Financial lease arrangements are supplied by leasing companies. (references) | |
Ukraine | Most foreign investors simply lease space in existing privately bonded warehouses. (references) | |
Travel | Peru | If you lease a car with a driver, a tip is common. (references) |
Senegal | The rent varies depending upon the location and the length of the lease. (references) | |
Pakistan | It is common practice for a one or two-year lease to require a security deposit of one year's rent. (references) | |
Women | Mozambique | Without such approval, a woman cannot lease property, obtain a loan, or contract for goods and services. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PERSEVERANCE, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all, Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl. "Remember the fable of tortoise and hare -- The one at the goal while the other is -- where?" Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease Of life, all his muscles preserving the peace, The goal and the rival forgotten alike, And the long fatigue of the needless hike. His spirit a-squat in the grass and the dew Of the dogless Land beyond the Stew, He sleeps, like a saint in a holy place, A winner of all that is good in a race. Sukker Uffro |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | As a result, the first general competitive federal coal lease sale in ten years will be held this month. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Lease" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.90% of the time. "Lease" is used about 2,031 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.9% | 1,907 | 4,484 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.38% | 89 | 34,931 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.52% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.2% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,031 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lease" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lease | Last name | 1,000 | 10,744 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Lend Lease Corporation Limited | France | BD Lease |
| Japan | Daiwa Kosho Lease Co., Ltd. | Pakistan | Atlas Lease Limited |
| South Africa | Afrikander Lease Limited (The) | USA | American Land Lease, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "lease": a new lease of life ♦ building lease ♦ dry lease ♦ entering lease ♦ fresh lease of life ♦ hold a lease ♦ Improving lease ♦ lease agreement ♦ lease and release ♦ lease back ♦ lease giver ♦ lease out ♦ long lease ♦ on lease ♦ renewal of a lease ♦ sale and lease back ♦ step up lease ♦ surrender of lease ♦ take a lease ♦ take a lease on ♦ take on a new lease of life ♦ usufructuary lease. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lease": lease-back, lease-buy, lease-hold, lease-holder, lease-lend, lease-owners. | |
Ending with "lease": sub-lease. | |
Containing "lease": lend-lease agreement. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lease | 1,749 | rental lease agreement | 150 |
lease agreement | 1,242 | lease termination | 141 |
car lease | 948 | hunting lease | 140 |
auto lease | 851 | lease to own | 131 |
office space for lease | 353 | texas deer lease | 130 |
lease calculator | 333 | lease swap | 127 |
rental lease | 266 | texas hunting lease | 121 |
lease form | 265 | break lease | 117 |
lease purchase | 245 | house to lease | 115 |
lease contract | 204 | triple net lease | 114 |
home lease | 196 | lease financing | 109 |
bmw lease | 192 | lease agreement form | 106 |
apartment lease | 188 | breaking a lease | 105 |
free lease agreement | 188 | used car lease | 102 |
truck lease | 180 | rental lease form | 98 |
commercial lease | 168 | auto lease calculator | 95 |
lease option | 163 | free lease form | 94 |
lease a computer | 162 | lend lease | 89 |
residential lease | 157 | equipment lease | 89 |
residential lease agreement | 157 | lease option to buy | 85 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | lëshoj me qira, lëndinë (gladden, glade, grass, grass plot, green, greensward, lawn, Lea, sward), qira (hire, rent, residential rental), pronë e lëshuar me qira, periudhë qiraje, marr me qira (charter, hire, rent, take a lease), kullotë (grass plot, Lea, mead, meadow, pasturage, pasture), kontratë qiraje (leasehold), jap me qira (demise, hire, let, let out, Lodge, rent, underlet). (various references) | |
Arabic | مدة التأجير, مدة الإيجار, عقد الإيجار (tenancy agreement), عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, deed, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), إستأجر (charter, hire, recruit, rent, wage), أجر منزلا. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вземам под наем (rent), наемен срок, наемен имот, наемане (engagement, hire, tenancy), наем (hire, render, rent, rental), аренда (copyhold, holding, rent), договор за наемане, договор за наем, давам под наем (freight, hack, hire, job, let, rent). (various references) | |
Chinese | 租約 . (various references) | |
Czech | pronajmout si, pronájem (charter, hire, tenure), nájem (charter, copyhold, hire, tenancy, tenement). (various references) | |
Danish | lejekontrakt (tack). (various references) | |
Dutch | pachten (farm), in pacht hebben (farm), huurcontract (tack). (various references) | |
Esperanto | lukontrakto, farmi (farm). (various references) | |
Farsi | کرایه کردن (Hire, Rent), کرایه (Fare, Freight, Hire, Portage, Rent), اجاره نامه (Rental), اجاره دادن (Let, Rent), اجاره (Hire, Rent). (various references) | |
Finnish | vuokraus (letting on lease), vuokrata maata (farm), vuokrasopimus (contract, farm), vuokralle antaminen (letting on lease), vuokraaminen (letting on lease), vuokra-aika, vuokra (hire, rent), ristimys. (various references) | |
French | bail (leasehold), affermer (to lease). (various references) | |
German | pacht (leasehold, rent, rental), miete (charge, clamp, leasing, rent, rental), verpachtung (letting on lease), verpachten (farm, rent out), pachtvertrag (leasehold), pachten (farm, rent, take a lease on), mietvertrag (rental agreement, tenancy agreement). (various references) | |
Greek | μίσθωση (hire, let, tenancy), εκμίσθωση (hire, hiring, leasing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשכור (hire, rent), לחכור (hire, rent), להחכיר (let), שכירות (hire, rent, tenancy), השכיר (rent), החכרה (leasing), הסכם חכירה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | haszonbérlet (leasing, sub-lease), bérlet (let, rental, season ticket, tenement). (various references) | |
Icelandic | leigusamnigur. (various references) | |
Indonesian | menyewa. (various references) | |
Italian | locazione (renting, sale and lease back, tenancy), contratto d'affitto (tack), affitto (hire, let, rent, tenancy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 租借 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | リース (wreath), そしゃくけん, そしゃく (bite), しゃくちけん (leasehold), ちんたい (inactivity, stagnation), ちんがし (hire, rent). (various references) | |
Korean | 임대계약 (leased, Leasing). (various references) | |
Manx | bargane soiagh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | leiekontrakt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | easelay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arrendar (attorn, demise, farm, farm out, hire, let, rent, take), arrendamento (hire, holding, leasehold, leasing, rent, tenancy, tenantry, tenement). (various references) | |
Romanian | chirie (hire, rent, tenancy), arendare (farming, leasing, tenancy), arendã (land rent, occupancy, occupation, rent, tenancy), arenda (occupy), închiria (freight, hack, hire, job, occupy, rent, take, tenant). (various references) | |
Russian | арендовать (rent, take on lease). (various references) | |
Scottish | tac (a lease, strangle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zakupiti (charter, rent, take a lease), zakup (charter, hire, holding, rent, tenancy), uzeti u zakup, najam (hire, rent), iznajmljivanje (charter, leasing, let, rental), iznajmiti (charter, rent, take a lease), arenda. (various references) | |
Spanish | arrendamiento (leasehold, leasing), arriendo (hire, rent, rental). (various references) | |
Swedish | hyreskontrakt, uthyrning (hire, letting, rental), hyra ut (hack, let, let off, let out, rent). (various references) | |
Turkish | kiralamak (affreight, buy, charter, hire, hire on, job, rent, tenant), kiralama (affreightment, charter, hire, hiring, leasing), kira kontratı, kira bedeli (rent, rental). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | оренда (co-tenancy, occupancy, renting, tenancy), здавати в оренду, брати в оренду (farm out), пасовище (feed, grass, outfield, outlet, pasturage), договір про оренду. (various references) | |
Welsh | prydles. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conducta, conducto, conductum, laxare. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | ferme. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai polloi yeudoprofhtai egerqhsontai kai planhsousin pollouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et multi pseudoprophetae surgent et seducent multos |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & manege lease witegan cumeð. & be-swicað manega. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And many false prophetis schulen rise, and disseyue manye. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And many falce Prophetes shall aryse and shall deceave many. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And many false prophets will rise, and will deceive many. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And a number of false prophets will come, causing error. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Ug motungha ang daghang mga mini nga profeta ug magapahisalaag sa daghan. |
| Chinese | 且 有 好 些 假 先 知 起 來 、 迷 惑 多 人 。 |
| Croatian | Ustat æe mnogi lažni proroci i mnoge zavesti. |
| Danish | Og mange falske Profeter skulle fremstå og forføre mange. |
| Dutch | En vele valse profeten zullen opstaan, en zullen er velen verleiden. |
| Finnish | Ja monta väärää profeettaa nousee, ja he eksyttävät monta. |
| French | Plusieurs faux prophètes s`élèveront, et ils séduiront beaucoup de gens. |
| German | Und es werden sich viel falsche Propheten erheben und werden viele verführen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Banyak nabi-nabi palsu akan muncul, dan menipu banyak orang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka banyak nabi palsu akan terbit kelak, dan akan menyesatkan beberapa banyak orang. |
| Italian | Sorgeranno molti falsi profeti e inganneranno molti; |
| Latvian | Un radîsies daudzi viltus pravieði, un pievils daudzus. |
| Manx Gaelic | As nee ymmodee phadeyryn-foalsey girree seose, as mooarane y volley. |
| Maori | He tokomaha ano nga poropiti teka e whakatika, a he tokomaha e whakapohehetia e ratou. |
| Norwegian | og mange falske profeter skal opstå og føre mange vill. |
| Portuguese | Igualmente hão de surgir muitos falsos profetas, e enganarão a muitos; |
| Rumanian | Se vor scula mulyi prooroci mincinowi, wi vor knwela pe mulyi. |
| Russian | Й НОПЗЙЕ МЦЕРТПТПЛЙ ЧПУУФБОХФ, Й РТЕМШУФСФ НОПЗЙИ; |
| Shuar | Untsurí shuar Wáitruiniak "wi Yúsnan etserniuitjai" tiartatui. Túrawar Untsurí Shuáran Nusháa Enentáimtikrartatui. |
| Spanish | Muchos falsos profetas se levantarán y engañarán a muchos; |
| Swahili | Watatokea manabii wengi wa uongo watakaowapotosha watu wengi. |
| Swedish | Och många falska profeter skola uppstå och skola förvilla många. |
| Uma | Pai' mehupa' wo'o wori' nabi boa' to mpobagiu wori' tauna. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lease": leaseback, leasebacks, leased, leasehold, leaseholder, leaseholders, leaseholds, leaser, leasers, leases. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lease": deoxyribonuclease, displease, endonuclease, exonuclease, nuclease, please, prerelease, release, rerelease, ribonuclease, sublease. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lease": deoxyribonucleases, displeased, displeases, endonucleases, exonucleases, nucleases, pleased, pleaser, pleasers, pleases, prereleases, released, releaser, releasers, releases, rereleased, rereleases, ribonucleases, subleased, subleases, timepleaser, timepleasers, unleased, unpleased. (additional references) | |
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"Lease" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blease, clease, elawe, fease, flease, glease, Keasse, lase, leace, leade, Leafe, leage, leale, leane, Leanse, leasd, leasee, leasen, leashe, Leask, leason, Leasor, leasr, Leaze, Leeeee, Leesen, leeste, lefsa, lefse, leise, leiser, leiste, leize, leizen, Lemayev, Lense, Lepasset, lerste, Lesa, lesce, lesex, lesme, lesoe, lesse, Leuxe, Levassor, leyasu, liase, liaze, liease, liesse, liisa, Likasi, loaze, lpase, lsase, lyase, slease, vease. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lease" (pronounced lē"s) |
| 3 | l ē" s | fleece, police, release. |
| 2 | -ē" s | apiece, caprice, cease, cerise, crease, decease, decrease, gees, geese, grease, increase, niece, obese, peace, Pease, piece, Seis, yeas. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: easel. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-s" | |
-1 letter: alee, ales, ease, eels, else, lase, leas, lees, sale, seal, seel. | |
-2 letters: ale, als, eel, els, las, lea, lee, sae, sal, sea, see, sel. | |
-3 letters: ae, al, as, el, es, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-s" | |
+1 letter: abeles, allees, aneles, asleep, eagles, easels, elapse, elates, larees, leased, leaser, leases, leaves, measle, please, reales, resale, reseal, sealed, sealer, sleave, sleaze, stelae, teasel, weasel. | |
+2 letters: aediles, ageless, alkenes, alleges, alleles, allseed, areoles, aweless, bailees, baleens, beadles, beagles, befleas, beleaps, celesta, cereals, cleanse, cleaves, dealers, defleas, delates, deleads, eaglets, earless, easeful, elapsed, elapses, elaters, elodeas, eluates, empales, enables, enamels, enlaces, enolase, enslave, euclase, exhales, eyelash, females, galeres, gelates, healers, lateens, latexes, laveers, leaches, leaders, leagues, leakers, leaners, leanest, leapers, leasers, leashed, leashes, leavens, leavers, leeways, legates, mallees, mealies, measled, measles, oleates, pelages, pleased, pleaser, pleases, presale, realest, realise, regales, relaces, relapse, relates, relaxes, release, repeals, resales, rescale, reseals, reslate, reveals, scalene, sclerae, sealers, sealery, seeable, segetal, selvage, sepaled, sequela, several, sewable, sleaved, sleaves, sleazes, spelean, stealer, teasels, teazels, teazles, telegas, useable, vakeels, vealers, weasels, weasely. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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