• n. 租約；租期；租賃物；租賃權
• vt. 出租；租得
• vi. 出租

詞源不確定，部分來自拉丁語lasso,松開，放手，詞源同lax,部分來自古英語laetan,許可，讓，詞源同let.引申詞義出租，租借。

lease

lease: [15] The etymological idea underlying lease is of ‘letting go’ – a notion more readily apparent in its close relative release. Its ultimate ancestor is the Latin adjective laxus ‘loose’, source of English lax [14]. From this was derived the verb laxāre ‘loosen, let go’, which passed into Old French as laissier (its modern descendant is laisser ‘leave, let’). Anglo- Norman took it over as lesser, and used it for ‘letting something go’ to someone else for a certain period under the terms of a legal contract. Hence English lease. The derivatives lessee [15] and lessor [15] also come from Anglo-Norman.
=> lax, release

lease (n.)

late 14c., "legal contract conveying property, usually for a fixed period of time and with a fixed compensation," from Anglo-French les (late 13c.), from lesser "to let, let go," from Old French laissier "to let, allow, permit; bequeath, leave," from Latin laxare "loosen, open, make wide," from laxus "loose" (see lax). Medial -x- in Latin tends to become -ss- or -s- in French (compare cuisse from coxa). Modern French equivalent legs is altered by erroneous derivation from Latin legatum "bequest, legacy."

lease (v.)

late 15c., "to take a lease," from Anglo-French lesser, Old French laissier "to let, leave" (see lease (n.). Related: Leased; leasing. Lessor, lessee in contract language preserves the Anglo-French form.

1. The operation has given me a new lease of life.

手術使我重獲新生。

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2. When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny.

租約到期后，這家人搬到了坎皮格尼。

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3. Tenants remain liable if they pass on their lease.

如果房客將房子轉租，他們仍承擔責任。

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4. When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder.

租期結束后，該房產會歸還給其終身所有者。

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5. Larry's landlord threatened not to renew his lease.

拉里的房東威脅說不跟他續租。

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