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Search phrase: lease

Plays

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Henry IV Part 11H4 II.iv.44Five year! By'r lady, a long lease for theFiue yeares: Berlady a long Lease for the
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.5if I might have a lease of my life for a thousand years,if I might haue a Lease of my life for a thousand yeares,
MacbethMac IV.i.98Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breathShall liue the Lease of Nature, pay his breath
Richard IIR2 II.i.110It were a shame to let this land by lease.It were a shame to let his Land by lease:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.ii.29That they are out by lease.That they are out by Lease.

Poems

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SonnetsSonn.13.5 So should that beauty which you hold in lease So should that beauty which you hold in lease
SonnetsSonn.18.4 And summer's lease hath all too short a date: And Sommers lease hath all too short a date:
SonnetsSonn.107.3 Can yet the lease of my true love control, Can yet the lease of my true loue controule,
SonnetsSonn.146.5 Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Why so large cost hauing so short a lease,

Glossary

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farmlease out, rent out, let
fee-simpleprivate estate [belonging to the owner and his heirs for ever]; permanent lease, full possession
lease, out bylet out to others, not under one's full ownership

Thesaurus

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lease outfarm
lease, permanentfee-simple

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LEASEBASIClease n, lease v, leasing n

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