leasing

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
   • c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, OCLC 837479643:

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

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • c. 1515–1516,, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:

     Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about,
     With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’,
     With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid,
     And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:

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

Etymology 2

From lease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Verb

leasing

1. present participle of lease

Noun

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

1. gerund of lease

Derived terms

• wet-leasing

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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

---

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsiŋː/, [ˈliːs̠iŋː]

Noun

leasing

1. leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)

Declension

Inflection of leasing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		leasing	leasingit
genitive		leasingin	leasingien
partitive		leasingiä	leasingejä
illative		leasingiin	leasingeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		leasing	leasingit
accusative	nom.	leasing	leasingit
	gen.	leasingin
genitive		leasingin	leasingien
partitive		leasingiä	leasingejä
inessive		leasingissä	leasingeissä
elative		leasingistä	leasingeistä
illative		leasingiin	leasingeihin
adessive		leasingillä	leasingeillä
ablative		leasingiltä	leasingeiltä
allative		leasingille	leasingeille
essive		leasinginä	leasingeinä
translative		leasingiksi	leasingeiksi
instructive		—	leasingein
abessive		leasingittä	leasingeittä
comitative		—	leasingeineen

Possessive forms of leasing (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	leasingini	leasingimme
2nd person	leasingisi	leasinginne
3rd person	leasinginsä

Synonyms

• liisaus
• pitkäaikainen vuokraus
• pitkäaikaisvuokraus
• vuokraus

Derived terms

• leasing-palvelu, leasingpalvelu
• leasing-sopimus, leasingsopimus

---

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)

1. leasing

Further reading

• “leasing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

---

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ziŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iziŋk
• Syllabification: lea‧sing

Noun

leasing m inan

1. lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)

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

adjective

• leasingowy

 

nouns

• leasingobiorca
• leasingodawca

 

verb

• leasingować

 

Further reading

• leasing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• leasing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

---

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Noun

leasing n (uncountable)

1. leasing

Declension

declension of leasing (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) leasing	leasingul
genitive/dative	(unui) leasing	leasingului
vocative	leasingule

---

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisin/ [ˈli.sĩn]
• Rhymes: -isin

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)

1. leasing

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “leasing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

---

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

Noun

leasing c

1. leasing