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 Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːzɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
   • c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:

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

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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:

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

leasing

1. present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)

Etymology 3

From lease (“to rent out”) +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
• Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Verb

leasing

1. present participle and gerund of lease

Noun

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

1. gerund of lease

Derived terms

• body leasing
• 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): /ˈliːsiŋ/, [ˈliːs̠iŋ]
• Rhymes: -iːsiŋ

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
abessive		leasingittä	leasingeittä
instructive		—	leasingein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of leasing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leasingini leasingini accusative nom. leasingini leasingini gen. leasingini genitive leasingini leasingieni partitive leasingiäni leasingejäni inessive leasingissäni leasingeissäni elative leasingistäni leasingeistäni illative leasingiini leasingeihini adessive leasingilläni leasingeilläni ablative leasingiltäni leasingeiltäni allative leasingilleni leasingeilleni essive leasinginäni leasingeinäni translative leasingikseni leasingeikseni abessive leasingittäni leasingeittäni instructive — — comitative — leasingeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative leasingisi leasingisi accusative nom. leasingisi leasingisi gen. leasingisi genitive leasingisi leasingiesi partitive leasingiäsi leasingejäsi inessive leasingissäsi leasingeissäsi elative leasingistäsi leasingeistäsi illative leasingiisi leasingeihisi adessive leasingilläsi leasingeilläsi ablative leasingiltäsi leasingeiltäsi allative leasingillesi leasingeillesi essive leasinginäsi leasingeinäsi translative leasingiksesi leasingeiksesi abessive leasingittäsi leasingeittäsi instructive — — comitative — leasingeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative leasingimme leasingimme accusative nom. leasingimme leasingimme gen. leasingimme genitive leasingimme leasingiemme partitive leasingiämme leasingejämme inessive leasingissämme leasingeissämme elative leasingistämme leasingeistämme illative leasingiimme leasingeihimme adessive leasingillämme leasingeillämme ablative leasingiltämme leasingeiltämme allative leasingillemme leasingeillemme essive leasinginämme leasingeinämme translative leasingiksemme leasingeiksemme abessive leasingittämme leasingeittämme instructive — — comitative — leasingeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative leasinginne leasinginne accusative nom. leasinginne leasinginne gen. leasinginne genitive leasinginne leasingienne partitive leasingiänne leasingejänne inessive leasingissänne leasingeissänne elative leasingistänne leasingeistänne illative leasingiinne leasingeihinne adessive leasingillänne leasingeillänne ablative leasingiltänne leasingeiltänne allative leasingillenne leasingeillenne essive leasinginänne leasingeinänne translative leasingiksenne leasingeiksenne abessive leasingittänne leasingeittänne instructive — — comitative — leasingeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative leasinginsä leasinginsä accusative nom. leasinginsä leasinginsä gen. leasinginsä genitive leasinginsä leasingiensä partitive leasingiään leasingiänsä leasingejään leasingejänsä inessive leasingissään leasingissänsä leasingeissään leasingeissänsä elative leasingistään leasingistänsä leasingeistään leasingeistänsä illative leasingiinsä leasingeihinsä adessive leasingillään leasingillänsä leasingeillään leasingeillänsä ablative leasingiltään leasingiltänsä leasingeiltään leasingeiltänsä allative leasingilleen leasingillensä leasingeilleen leasingeillensä essive leasinginään leasinginänsä leasingeinään leasingeinänsä translative leasingikseen leasingiksensä leasingeikseen leasingeiksensä abessive leasingittään leasingittänsä leasingeittään leasingeittänsä instructive — — comitative — leasingeineen leasingeinensä

Synonyms

• liisaus
• pitkäaikainen vuokraus
• pitkäaikaisvuokraus
• vuokraus

Derived terms

• leasingauto
• leasingpalvelu
• leasing-palvelu
• leasing-sopimus
• leasingsopimus
• leasingyhtiö

Further reading

• “leasing”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.ziŋ/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

Noun

leasing m (definite singular leasingen, indefinite plural leasinger, definite plural leasingene)

1. leasing

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from leasing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ziŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iziŋk
• Syllabification: lea‧sing

Noun

leasing m inan (related adjective leasingowy)

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

nouns

• leasingobiorca
• leasingodawca

verb

• leasingować impf

Further reading

• “leasing”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “leasing”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Noun

leasing n (uncountable)

1. leasing

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	leasing	leasingul
genitive-dative	leasing	leasingului
vocative	leasingule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings or leasing)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “leasing”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

Noun

leasing c

1. leasing

Declension

Declension of leasing

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	leasing	leasings
	definite	leasingen	leasingens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• leasa

Further reading

• “leasing”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “leasing”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)