Thesaurus results for LEASES

leases 1 of 2

noun

plural of lease

as in properties

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leases

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lease

as in rents

to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected

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as in hires

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead

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Noun

Three leases, $20 billion, one board member Last October, SpaceX’s S-1 shows, an xAI subsidiary called CTC signed an equipment lease agreement with Valor for AI infrastructure hardware—specifically, the GPUs needed to power xAI’s data centers. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 May 2026 Virtually all of its leases include annual rent escalators of 3% to 5%, and its annual lease expirations are spread pretty evenly, at about 11% to 15% annually. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 However, most of the large new retail leases citywide have been signed by health and fitness clubs, medical clinics, fast-food retailers, and educational facilities, according to the Post, making TJ Maxx’s new lease something of an outlier. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 29 Jan. 2026

Verb

Cloud service agreements totaled $29 billion, with data center leases not commenced of $25 billion, equity investments of $25 billion, and capital expenditures of $8 billion. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 According to a brief biography on the college website, Tracy Caruso is the owner and president of Delray Beach Executive Suites, which leases office space to businesses. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Zum leases bus yards, buys buses and small student shuttle vans and connects them (via a tablet and GPS) to an app that allows parents and teachers alike to track the vehicles on their routes. — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Both will be operated by the market hall's management, a new move for 3rd Street Market Hall, which typically leases its vendor stalls to independent restaurant operators. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The government leases only 48,000 square feet and 29 parking spots in the 350,000-square-foot property, and the lease does not extend to the place where prosecutors say Morrow and Stanley encountered officers, the defense attorneys maintain. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026 The city of Sacramento owns the airport and leases it to Sacramento County. — Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 The nonprofit then leases the land for the housing on top of it for 99 years. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026 Last month, the Interior Department paid TotalEnergies $1 billion to walk away from two offshore wind leases off the coast of New York and North Carolina, projects that would have powered nearly one million homes. — David Kieve, Time, 10 July 2026

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Noun

Researchers are also investigating liquid-crystal elastomers and self-healing polymers, along with composite materials that combine multiple properties.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
This type of financing is a common option for real estate investors buying rental properties.

— Dan Simms, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

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Verb

However, CoreWeave, which buys and rents out graphics processors from Nvidia and other chipmakers, hiked prices across its inventory by 25% in July to soften the impact of rising GPU costs on its margins, per Ramnani.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
For example, letting a distant family member stay at a second home without formal documentation, or if someone owns one or more properties and rents them out, but the tenants don’t have documentation that the unit is their primary residence.

— Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of rents

Verb

Shikiya’s new gig follows other recent Anonymous Content hires like Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer and Michael Sinclair as chief legal officer.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
In the film, cartoon legend Coyote (who can’t speak, of course) hires a reluctant, unambitious lawyer Kevin Avery (East Bay native Will Forte) to be his mouthpiece and legal advocate.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of hires

Noun

The two communities offer uniquely spacious industrial tracts at the nexus of major fiber-optic lines and on the doorstep of one of the world’s busiest airports, with ample access to power and water and a dense customer base in Chicago.

— Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
The largest tracts lie in southern Miami-Dade County, where low-lying coastal wetlands once connected Biscayne Bay to the Everglades and provided a steady flow of clean freshwater to freshen the bay.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of tracts

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The exemption had allowed the company to ship small parcels directly to its customers tariff free, a model that, combined with its Chinese supply chain, contributed to its rapid ascent.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
According to the letter from they Copleys’ attorneys, the couple purchased two parcels of land totaling 50 acres along Rocum Road in 2022, with plans to fix up and move into an old cottage on the property.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of parcels

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New developments in Qatar are not expected to reach full capacity before the second half of 2027, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Check back throughout for updates on firefighting efforts, evacuation orders, road closures, weather conditions and other developments related to the Ross Fire.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of developments

Noun

Construction could begin after the city signs off on annexation, plats and a new water well for the area, but the developer told council members homes are unlikely to be occupied until after ITD finishes its Karcher Road work, with full build‑out expected to take five to 10 years.

— Noah Daly May 7, Idaho Statesman, 7 May 2026
Rimmer’s company maintains the land is private, citing an October 2024 county letter, while residents point to plats showing public roadways dedicated to the county in the 1970s.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026

Definition of plats

Noun

King said when individuals were buried on top of one another, the cemetery’s management removed the tombstones and resold the plots.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
The dissident, Siamak Tadayon Tahmasbi, had been accused by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence of directing terrorist plots tied to Israeli intelligence.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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