leasing
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈliːzɪŋ/
Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

  1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
      fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938 ↗, book II, canto IX:
      Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈliːsɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of lease#English|lease
Noun

leasing

  1. gerund of lease#English|lease



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