Sale vs. Lease

(obsolete) A hall.

An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

Example: ‘He celebrated after the sale of company.’;

The sale of goods at reduced prices.

Example: ‘They are having a clearance sale: 50% off.’;

The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.

See 1st Sallow.

The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.

Opportunity of selling; demand; market.

Example: ‘They shall have ready sale for them.’;

Public disposal to the highest bidder, or exposure of goods in market; auction.

the general activity of selling;

Example: ‘they tried to boost sales’; ‘laws limit the sale of handguns’;

a particular instance of selling;

Example: ‘he has just made his first sale’; ‘they had to complete the sale before the banks closed’;

the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling;

Example: ‘you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies’; ‘the new line of cars will soon be on sale’;

an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices;

Example: ‘they held a sale to reduce their inventory’; ‘I got some great bargains at their annual sale’;

an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer);

Example: ‘the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office’;

the exchange of a commodity for money; the action of selling something

Example: ‘the sale has fallen through’; ‘we withdrew it from sale’;

a quantity or amount sold

Example: ‘price cuts failed to boost sales’;

the activity or business of selling products

Example: ‘director of sales and marketing’;

a period during which a shop or dealer sells goods at reduced prices

Example: ‘the January sales got under way this week’;

a public or charitable event at which goods are sold or auctioned

Example: ‘a bric-a-brac sale will be held at St Cuthbert's Church Centre’;

to gather.

to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.

to glean.

to glean, gather up leavings.

To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.

To release; let go; unloose.

(transitive) To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).

(transitive) To take or hold by lease.

(intransitive) To grant a lease; to let or rent.

an open pasture or common

A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent

The period of such a contract

A leasehold

The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.

To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

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.

Example: ‘There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives.’;

To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.

The temporary transfer of a possession to another person in return for a fee or other valuable consideration paid for the transfer;

The contract for such letting.

Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.

Example: ‘Our high-placed MacbethShall live the lease of nature.’;

property that is leased or rented out or let

a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment

the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect

let for money;

Example: ‘We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad’;

hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;

Example: ‘I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners’;

engage for service under a term of contract;

Example: ‘We took an apartment on a quiet street’; ‘Let's rent a car’; ‘Shall we take a guide in Rome?’;

a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment

Example: ‘a six-month lease on a shop’;

grant (property) on lease; let

Example: ‘she leased the site to a local company’;

take (property) on lease; rent

Example: ‘land was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall’;

A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee (user) to pay the lessor (owner) for use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased.