lease
n
1 contract by which the owner of land, a building, etc allows another person to use it for a specified time, usu in return for rent (土地、 房屋等的)租約, 租契
take out a lease on a holiday home 租妥一所度假住宅
When does the lease expire? 租約什麼時候期滿?
The lease has four years left to run. 租約還有四年到期.
(esp Brit) have a flat on a 99-year lease 有一套租期為99年的單元. =>Usage at tenant 用法見tenant.
2 (idm 習語) a new lease of life => new. lease, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.n]
~ sth (to/from sb) grant or obtain the use of (sth) in this way 出租; 租得
lease a car, building, field 租汽車、 房子、 土地
The firm leases an office with views over the river. 公司租一個帶臨河風景的辦事處.