leaseback

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noun

A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property.

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Meanings

nounleaseback (countable and uncountable, plural leasebacks)

plural leasebacks · alternative lease-back

  1. countableuncountablebusinessA property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property.

    The operator has since sold ten locomotives […] which were subsequently sold on to GB Railfreight (which then sold them to Beacon Rail on a leaseback deal), as well as four to GBRf outright […].

    2019 November 6, “Fleet news”, in Rail, page 30

    Synonyms: sale and leaseback, sale-leaseback

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property.

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sale and leasebacksale-leaseback

Origin

From lease + back.

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APA

leaseback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaseback

MLA

“leaseback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaseback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leaseback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leaseback.

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