American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

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Author: Noah Webster

Lease

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 March 25, 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. 25 Mar. 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 25 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L32JV4BEQP85Y76.