leasing

Meanings

Plural: leasings

Verb

let for money
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
- "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"
engage for service under a term of contract
present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
present participle and gerund of lease

Noun

A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
gerund of lease

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

charter, engage, hire, lease, let, rent, take

Scrabble Score: 8

leasing is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
leasing is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leasing is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

leasing is a valid Words With Friends word