Bible Dictionary: Lease

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

2. (v. t.) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.

3. (v. t.) To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.

4. (n.) A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.

5. (n.) The contract for such letting.

6. (v. t.) Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Greek

1554. ekdidomi -- to give up, give out, let out for hire
... let forth, let out. From ek and didomi; to give forth, ie (specially) to lease --
let forth (out). see GREEK ek. see GREEK didomi. (ekdosetai) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Library

Methodists Lease an Abbey
... Chapter 8. Wesley and the Soldiers; In Ireland and Wales Again; Wesley Burned
in Effigy; Wesley as an Editor Methodists Lease an Abbey. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/methodists lease an abbey.htm

Of the Nature of Tithes.
... A Freehold Lease of tithes cannot commence in futuro. Yelv.131.1
Gwill.221. A lease of tithes for all the time the lessor shall ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/1 of the nature of.htm

Mission Work in Chicago
... brother said that if he could not get his prayers through for money to pay the rent,
he would pray that God would make the landlord willing to give up the lease ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xix mission work in.htm

John Christopher Hartwick.
... "The lease was to contain a clause pledging every colonist to unite with the church
within a year; to recognize Pastor Hartwick or his representative as his ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/john christopher hartwick.htm

The Wicked Husbandmen.
... owner did not continue to reside on the spot and cultivate his own vineyard; "he
let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country." This lease, granted by ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xi the wicked husbandmen.htm

The Godly are in Some Sense Already Blessed
... A man that has the reversion of a house, after a short lease is run out, he
looks upon it as his already. This house, says he, is mine. ...
/.../watson/the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/3 the godly are in.htm

The Hidden Treasure.
... Without revealing, perhaps not knowing to the full extent the value of his discovery,
he forthwith concluded, not precisely a purchase, but a long lease of the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/v the hidden treasure.htm

"Come Thou and all Thy House into the Ark. "
... And when they came to sign a lease they would say with a twinkle in their
eyes: ... But I guess I will sign the lease and risk it.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the overcoming life/come thou and all thy.htm

The Glorious Habitation
... Here is a habitation: "Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place;" and, secondly,
if I may use such a common word, here is the lease of it: "Thou hast been our ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the glorious habitation.htm

Testimonies to a Future Judgment.
... To breathe it forth in feeble human speech.". And Euripides: [2603] ". "Not grudgingly
he gives a lease of life,. That we the holders may be fairly judged; ...
/.../justin on the sole government of god /chapter iii testimonies to a future.htm

Thesaurus

Lease (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements,
and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant ...
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Farm (9 Occurrences)
... products. 2. (a. & n.) The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation;
a leasehold. 3. (a. & n.) The land held under lease...
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Leased (3 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Lease. ... (WEB). Exodus 22:15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make
it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease. (WEB). ...
/l/leased.htm - 7k

Release (61 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To lease again; to grant a new lease
of; to let back. 2. (n.) To let loose again; to set free ...
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Learnt (12 Occurrences)

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Vineyard (69 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and
will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in ...
/v/vineyard.htm - 29k

Kain (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in
kind by a tenant to his landlord. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KAIN (1). ...
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Let (16815 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to
hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out ...
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Farmers (23 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and
will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in ...
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Fine (184 Occurrences)
... 18. (n.) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege,
as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. 19. ...
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Bible Concordance

Lease (2 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season."
(WEB)

Exodus 22:15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
(Root in WEB)

Subtopics

Lease

Lease of Real Estate

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