0 past simple and past participle of lease
1 to make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time:
The building's 60 units are currently leased to students of the university.
[ + two objects ] It was agreed they would lease the apartment to him/lease him the apartment.
Men, unlike women, also leased land from other individuals to work themselves.
Private endowments (mawq'h khass) were leased for thirty years.
The coefficient estimates for the acres leased are also as expected.
Since individuals can return the land leased with few restrictions, unsustainable practices on leased land are much more likely than on owned land.
Because we are holding population fixed within each county, the amount of land leased will be directly correlated with its availability.
In the same year, troops were deployed to guard the leased territory.
It is a field of orchards and market gardens cultivated on a leased basis.
With the exception of leased-out parcels, it corresponds to the land-basis of the agricultural production unit.
