leasing
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Etymology 1[edit]
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.
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Noun[edit]
leasing (plural leasings)
- (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
- Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ix:
Etymology 2[edit]
From lease.
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Verb[edit]
leasing
- Present participle of lease.
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From English
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leasing m
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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 |
