leasing

[ lee-zing ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. lying; falsehood.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leasing¹

First recorded before 950; Middle English lesing, Old English lēasung, verbal noun of lēasian “to tell lies,” derivative of lēas “free from, without, false”; -less, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The joint bank account and the leasing arrangement also stayed the same.

From The Daily Beast

The popularity of solar leasing is inspiring moves like this by utilities.

From The Daily Beast

Second, were the JNF Jewish-only land-leasing policies just in their origins?

From The Daily Beast

Maybe we should just revert back to the days of the Ma Bell monopoly and start leasing our phones again?

From The Daily Beast

Just last month, Mitsubishi bought a San Francisco-based aircraft-leasing company for over $1 billion.

From The Daily Beast

He said, "We believe in leasing those lands out there in Montana and in Wyoming and all over this country."

From Project Gutenberg

It is foolish to talk of leasing coal lands in small quantities in order to prevent monopoly.

From Project Gutenberg

Early in 1667 we find Molire leasing a little cottage, or part of a cottage, at Auteuil, for a retreat at times.

From Project Gutenberg

Laughter with laughter men should receive, but leasing with lying.

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And a system of leasing or management, such as I have suggested for the Missouri mines, appears equally desirable.

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