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Q: How is the word 'lease' different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of lease are charter , hire , let , and rent . While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease. // the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

Q: When would 'charter' be a good substitute for 'lease'?

In some situations, the words charter and lease are roughly equivalent. However, charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use. // charter a bus to go to the game

Q: How are the words 'hire' and 'let' related as synonyms of 'lease'?

Both hire and let , strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. // we hired a car for the summer // decided to let the cottage to a young couple

Q: In what contexts can 'rent' take the place of 'lease'?

Although the words rent and lease have much in common, rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting. // instead of buying a house, they decided to rent // will not rent to families with children

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as in property

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as in to rent

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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as in to hire

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead

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How is the word lease different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of lease are charter, hire, let, and rent. While all these words mean "to engage or grant for use at a price," lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

When would charter be a good substitute for lease?

In some situations, the words charter and lease are roughly equivalent. However, charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.

charter a bus to go to the game

How are the words hire and let related as synonyms of lease?

Both hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.

we hired a car for the summer

decided to let the cottage to a young couple

In what contexts can rent take the place of lease?

Although the words rent and lease have much in common, rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.

instead of buying a house, they decided to rent

will not rent to families with children

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Recent Examples of lease

Noun

After River Market officials sought to shut down Mama Orlando’s for violating its lease, Cacioppo planned to build his own more risqué club. — Jack Harvel august 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026 The draft ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease. — Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

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Boise is leasing out the land to Northwest at a discount for the developer to build, rent and manage the homes, said Melinda McGoldrick, senior manager of Boise’s Housing and Community Development Division. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2026 In addition to that, the city makes $1 off of leasing the entire baseball stadium and 152 acres of parking surface. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lease

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He is charged with destruction of property to prevent its seizure, a felony that could carry five years in prison.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Vorobyov also reported damage to residential properties in three districts to the east of Moscow and to a shopping center, local government building and residential building in Kolomna to the southeast of the capital.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Supposedly scheming to raise rents in order to raise broker fees often pegged to rent prices, Compass went to war with Zillow, the most popular free real estate platform that never charges broker fees.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
The pilot program will allow up to 10 short-term rental units in the Downtown Specific Plan area along Main Street to be rented out while the owners of the property are off site.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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Investigating technical allegations about the rail project requires hiring outside experts — and without AB 1608, Belnap says his office can't do that on its own.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Valentine Nguele, Cameroon’s first female head coach, was hired just six weeks before the tournament.

— Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of hire

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Harris-Dawson thinks the big increase may stem from a single census tract south of Manchester Avenue between Normandie and Van Ness avenues.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and first designated in 2018, are economically distressed census tracts where taxpayers can receive preferential tax treatment by investing eligible gains through QOFs.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of tract

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The Australians do provide a men’s and women’s singles berth for a player from the Asia-Pacific region, to foster development in less traditional tennis countries.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The project now moves into a phase where engineering, construction and workforce development will carry as much importance as diplomacy.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026

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