KJV Dictionary Definition: lease

lease

LEASE, n. See the Verb.

1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, for a rent or compensation reserved; also, the contract for such letting.

2. Any tenure by grant or permission.

Our high placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature.

LEASE, v.t. Eng. let. See Let.

To let; to demise; to grant the temporary possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for a rent reserved. A leased to B his land in Dale for the annual rent of a pepper corn.

LEASE, v.i. leez. L. lego.

To glean; to gather what harvest men have left. Obs.

leased

LE'ASED, pp. Demised or let, as lands or tenements.

leasing

LE'ASING, n. s as z.

Falsehood; lies. Obsolete or nearly so.