A Quick and Simple Dictionary

lease

1. Verb.  (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to gather.
2. Verb.  (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
3. Verb.  (transitive, chiefly dialectal) to glean.
4. Verb.  (intransitive, chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
5. Adjective.  false; lying; deceptive.
6. Noun.  falsehood; a lie.
7. Noun.  an open pasture or common.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
9. Verb.  (transitive) To take or hold by lease.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.
11. Noun.  A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent.
12. Noun.  The period of such a contract.
13. Noun.  A leasehold.
14. Noun.  The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.