leasing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Etymology 1

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from lēasian (“to lie”), from lēas (“false, faithless, untruthful, deceitful, lax, vain, worthless”). Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying”). More at lease.

Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto IX:

     Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

Etymology 2

From lease.

Verb

leasing

1. present participle of lease

Noun

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

1. gerund of lease

Descendants

• → Polish: leasing
• → Spanish: leasing
• → Swedish: leasing

Anagrams

• Eaglins, Sinegal, gas line, lignase, linages, sealing

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Polish

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʲi.zink/

Noun

leasing m inan

1. lease

Declension

declension of leasing

	singular	plural
nominative	leasing	leasingi
genitive	leasingu	leasingów
dative	leasingowi	leasingom
accusative	leasing	leasingi
instrumental	leasingiem	leasingami
locative	leasingu	leasingach
vocative	leasingu	leasingi

Derived terms

• leasingowy, leasingować

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Spanish

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)

1. leasing

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Swedish

Noun

leasing

1. leasing