Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of lease
adjective
- Transferred under the terms of a lease.
The resemblance borne by such a land carriage to a ship put under charter-party is, perhaps, closer where the entire business of one railway company, with its tracks, rolling-stock, equipments, and goodwill become leased for a certain term to another company.
1880, James Schouler, A Treatise on the Law of Bailments, Little, Brown, page 327
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with leased
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APA
leased. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leased
MLA
“leased.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leased. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leased,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leased.
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