See Also: couter(dictionary)
lease(4)(dictionary)
lease(3)(dictionary)
lease(2)(dictionary)
lease(1)(dictionary)
lease(7)(dictionary)
K-lease(health)
Net Lease(law)
Net Lease(money)
LEASE(finance)

lease(7) (iou) and couter (iou)


lease(7) (iou)



lease verb3. [li:s] L15.
[Anglo-Norman lesser: see LEASE noun3.]
verb trans. & (rare) intrans. Take a lease of (a property etc.); hold (a property etc.) by a lease. L15.
J. P. Hennessy The land..did not belong to Mr. Trollope but was only leased from Lord Northwick.
verb trans. Grant the possession or use of by a lease; let out on a lease. L16.
A. Miller Our landlord was..planning to lease out our..apartment to two Families. New York Times T. Talbot Bond Co...sells and leases office equipment.
leasee noun (rare) = LESSEE L16.
leaser noun (rare) = LESSOR L19.
leasor noun (rare) = LESSOR L15.

couter (iou)



couter noun. slang. obsolete exc. Hist. Also cooter. M19.
[Perh. from Danubian Romany cuta gold coin.]
A sovereign (the coin).