Lease

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Lease
Author: Noah Webster

LEASE, n. [See the Verb.]

1. A demise or letting of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, for a rent or compensation reserved; also, the contract for such letting.

2. Any tenure by grant or permission.

Our high placed Macbeth shall live the lease of nature.

LEASE, v.t. [Eng. let. See Let.]

To let; to demise; to grant the temporary possession of lands, tenements or hereditaments to another for a rent reserved. A leased to B his land in Dale for the annual rent of a pepper corn.

LEASE, v.i. leez. [L. lego.]

To glean; to gather what harvest men have left. Obs.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Lease," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed June 3, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L32JV4BEQP85Y76.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Lease." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 3 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L32JV4BEQP85Y76.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Lease' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 3 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L32JV4BEQP85Y76.