| 单词 | lease |
| 释义 | lease lease // noun, verb
(Law ; Property )
■ noun
DRY LEASE, FINANCE LEASE, OPERATING LEASE, WET LEASE
a legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent: The current lease expires on 31 March. Under the terms of the lease, you are liable for any repairs to the building.
❖ to take on/take out a lease ◆ a lease expires/runs out
IDIOMS
a (new) lease of life (BrE) (AmE a (new) lease on life) the chance to continue for longer, and more successfully: They gave the drink a new lease of life by relaunching it as a sports drink.
■ verb [+ obj] lease sth (from sb) | lease sth (out) (to sb) | lease sb sth to use, or to let sb use sth, especially property or equipment, in exchange for rent or a regular payment: We lease all our photocopy equipment. Parts of the building are leased out to tenants. the dealer that leased them the vehicles Employers don't have to provide pension for leased employees. ⇨ LESSEE, LESSOR
leasing noun [U]: car leasing a leasing company
PHRASAL VERBS
lease sth back (to sb) to sell property or a valuable asset and continue to use it by paying rent to the new owner; to buy property or an asset and allow the seller to continue using it in exchange for rent: At one stage they had to sell and lease back their head office to raise cash. The trust has agreed to lease the property back to them for 40 years. |
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