leasing

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/
Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

leasing (plural leasings)

(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: […] William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto IX:
  Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

Etymology 2

From lease.

Verb

leasing

present participle of lease

Noun

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

gerund of lease

Anagrams

Eaglins, Sinegal, gas line, linages, sealing

Polish

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʲi.zink/

Noun

leasing m inan

lease

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

leasingowy, leasingować

Spanish

Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)

leasing

Swedish

Noun

leasing

leasing

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