leased

Adjective
Synonyms: charteredhired

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers“a chartered plane”“the chartered buses arrived on time”Synonyms: charteredhired
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lease \Lease\ (l[=e]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leased; p. pr. & vb. n. Leasing.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See Lax, and cf. Lesser.]

1.To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out. [1913 Webster]

There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner. [1913 Webster]

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