Leasing
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A lie; the act of lying, falsehood. archaic
"fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes."
- 2 gerund of lease countable, form-of, gerund, uncountable
- 1 present participle of lease (“to tell lies”) form-of, participle, present
- 2 present participle and gerund of lease form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"He's leasing his warehouse in Kabylie."
Etymology
From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.
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