English Online Dictionary. What means leasing? What does leasing mean?
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/
- Hyphenation: leas‧ing
Noun
leasing (plural leasings)
- (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
Etymology 2
From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.
Verb
leasing
- present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
Etymology 3
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
- Hyphenation: leas‧ing
Verb
leasing
- present participle and gerund of lease
Noun
leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)
- 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): /ˈliːsiŋ/, [ˈliːs̠iŋ]
- Rhymes: -iːsiŋ
Noun
leasing
- leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)
Declension
Synonyms
- liisaus
- pitkäaikainen vuokraus
- pitkäaikaisvuokraus
- vuokraus
Derived terms
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 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
Noun
leasing m (plural leasings)
- 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)
- leasing
Polish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from leasing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.ziŋk/
- Rhymes: -iziŋk
- Syllabification: lea‧sing
Noun
leasing m inan (related adjective leasingowy)
- lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)
Declension
Derived terms
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)
- leasing
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlisin/ [ˈli.sĩn]
- Rhymes: -isin
Noun
leasing m (plural leasings)
- 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English leasing.
Noun
leasing c
- leasing
Declension
Related terms
- leasa
Further reading
- leasing in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- leasing in Svensk ordbok (SO)