Lease vs. Least — What's the Difference?

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.

Lowest in importance or rank.

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

Smallest in magnitude or degree.

Grant (property) on lease; let

Slightest or tiniest

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

To or in the lowest or smallest degree.

The term or duration of such a contract.

One that is the lowest or smallest in importance, rank, magnitude, or degree

To grant use or occupation of under the terms of a contract.

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

To get or hold by such a contract.

Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.

An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold.

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.

An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat.

(philosophy) Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit.

The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted.

Superlative of little; smallest

The document containing such a contract or deed.

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

The period of such an interest.

In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.

An open pasture or common.

The superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree;

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

Minimal in magnitude;

To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.

Having or being distinguished by diminutive size;

To hold a lease as a tenant.

Used to form the superlative;

(transitive) To gather.

(transitive) To pick, select, pick out; to pick up.

(transitive) To glean.

(intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.

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

To release; let go; unloose.

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.

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.

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;

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

Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;

Engage for service under a term of contract;