leasing

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from lēasian (“to lie”), from lēas (“false, faithless, untruthful, deceitful, lax, vain, worthless”). Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying”). More at lease.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

leasing (plural leasings)

1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
   • c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, OCLC 837479643:

     fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.

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   • c. 1515–1516,, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:

     Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about,
     With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’,
     With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid,
     And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

     Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

From lease.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

leasing

1. present participle of lease

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

1. gerund of lease

• wet-leasing

• → Spanish: leasing
• → Finnish: leasing
• → Polish: leasing
• → Swedish: leasing

• Eaglins, Neglias, Sinegal, gas line, lignase, linages, sealing

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsiŋː/, [ˈliːs̠iŋː]

leasing

1. leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)

• liisaus
• pitkäaikainen vuokraus
• pitkäaikaisvuokraus
• vuokraus

• leasing-palvelu, leasingpalvelu
• leasing-sopimus, leasingsopimus

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leasing m (plural leasings)

1. leasing

• “leasing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English leasing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ziŋk/

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• Rhymes: -iziŋk
• Syllabification: lea‧sing

leasing m inan

1. lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)

• leasing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• leasing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

leasing n (uncountable)

1. leasing

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisin/ [ˈli.sĩn]
• Rhymes: -isin

leasing m (plural leasings)

1. leasing

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “leasing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English leasing.

leasing c

1. leasing