leasing
English
Etymology 1
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LEASINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LEASING lesing, leasung, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#LEASINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#LEASING lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#LEASINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LEASING *lausungu, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LEASINGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LEASING *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)#LEASING. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːzɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#LEASINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LEASING
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LEASINGAudio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: leas‧ing
Noun
leasing (plural leasings)Category:English lemmas#LEASINGCategory:English nouns#LEASINGCategory:English countable nouns#LEASINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#LEASING) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
- c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:
- fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.Category:Middle English terms with quotations#LEASINGCategory:Requests for translations of Middle English quotations#LEASING
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:
- Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about,Category:English terms with quotations#LEASING
With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’,
With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid,
And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.Category:English terms with quotations#LEASING
Etymology 2
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LEASINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LEASING lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing (participial)#LEASING.
Verb
leasingCategory:English non-lemma forms#LEASINGCategory:English verb forms#LEASINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
- present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)
Etymology 3
From lease (“to rent out”) + -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#LEASING.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/Category:English 2-syllable words#LEASINGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LEASING
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LEASINGAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːsɪŋCategory:Rhymes:English/iːsɪŋ#LEASINGCategory:Rhymes:English/iːsɪŋ/2 syllables#LEASING
- Hyphenation: leas‧ing
Verb
leasingCategory:English non-lemma forms#LEASINGCategory:English verb forms#LEASINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
- present participle and gerund of lease
Noun
leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)Category:English lemmas#LEASINGCategory:English nouns#LEASINGCategory:English uncountable nouns#LEASINGCategory:English countable nouns#LEASINGCategory:English countable nouns#LEASINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#LEASINGFinnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from English#LEASINGCategory:Finnish unadapted borrowings from English#LEASINGCategory:Finnish terms derived from English#LEASING leasing
Pronunciation
Noun
leasingCategory:Finnish lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Finnish nouns#LEASINGCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
- leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)
Declension
| Inflection of leasing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | leasing | leasingit | |
| genitive | leasingin | leasingien | |
| partitive | leasingiä | leasingejä | |
| illative | leasingiin | leasingeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | leasing | leasingit | |
| accusative | nom. | leasing | leasingit |
| gen. | leasingin | ||
| genitive | leasingin | leasingien | |
| partitive | leasingiä | leasingejä | |
| inessive | leasingissä | leasingeissä | |
| elative | leasingistä | leasingeistä | |
| illative | leasingiin | leasingeihin | |
| adessive | leasingillä | leasingeillä | |
| ablative | leasingiltä | leasingeiltä | |
| allative | leasingille | leasingeille | |
| essive | leasinginä | leasingeinä | |
| translative | leasingiksi | leasingeiksi | |
| abessive | leasingittä | leasingeittä | |
| instructive | — | leasingein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “leasing”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
Noun
leasing m (plural leasings)Category:French lemmas#LEASINGCategory:French nouns#LEASINGCategory:French countable nouns#LEASINGCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:French masculine nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
Further reading
- “leasing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English#LEASINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English#LEASING leasing.
Noun
leasing m (definite singular leasingen, indefinite plural leasinger, definite plural leasingene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#LEASINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
Polish
Etymology
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from leasingCategory:Polish pseudo-loans from English#LEASINGCategory:Polish terms derived from English#LEASING.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.ziŋk/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#LEASINGCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#LEASING
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#LEASINGAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -iziŋkCategory:Rhymes:Polish/iziŋk#LEASINGCategory:Rhymes:Polish/iziŋk/2 syllables#LEASING
- Syllabification: lea‧sing
Noun
leasing m inan (related adjective leasingowy)Category:Polish lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Polish nouns#LEASINGCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Polish masculine nouns#LEASINGCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
- lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | leasingCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASING | leasingiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| genitive | leasinguCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING | leasingówCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| dative | leasingowiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING | leasingomCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| accusative | leasingCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASING | leasingiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| instrumental | leasingiemCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING | leasingamiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| locative | leasinguCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING | leasingachCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
| vocative | leasinguCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING | leasingiCategory:Polish links with redundant wikilinks#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with redundant alt parameters#LEASINGCategory:Polish links with manual fragments#LEASING |
Derived terms
- leasingować impf
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from English#LEASINGCategory:Romanian unadapted borrowings from English#LEASINGCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#LEASING leasing.
Noun
leasing n (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Romanian nouns#LEASINGCategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#LEASINGCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | leasing | leasingul |
| genitive-dative | leasing | leasingului |
| vocative | leasingule | |
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from English#LEASINGCategory:Spanish unadapted borrowings from English#LEASINGCategory:Spanish terms derived from English#LEASING leasing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlisin/ [ˈli.sĩn]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LEASINGCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LEASING
- Rhymes: -isinCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isin#LEASINGCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isin/2 syllables#LEASING
- Syllabification: lea‧sing
Noun
leasing m (plural leasings or leasing)Category:Spanish lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Spanish nouns#LEASINGCategory:Spanish countable nouns#LEASINGCategory:Spanish nouns with multiple plurals#LEASINGCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “leasing”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from English#LEASINGCategory:Swedish terms derived from English#LEASING leasing.
Noun
leasing cCategory:Swedish lemmas#LEASINGCategory:Swedish nouns#LEASINGCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#LEASINGCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#LEASINGCategory:Pages with entries#LEASINGCategory:Pages with 8 entries#LEASING
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | leasing | leasings |
| definite | leasingen | leasingens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
Further reading
- “leasing”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “leasing”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)