English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (to lie) +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (lying, falsehood), German Lösung (breaking away, release, liberation, solution), Icelandic lausung (lying, falsehood).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːzɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Noun edit

leasing (plural leasings)

  1. (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (to tell lies) +‎ -ing.

Verb edit

leasing

  1. present participle of lease (to tell lies)

Etymology 3 edit

From lease (to rent out) +‎ -ing.

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːsɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: leas‧ing

Verb edit

leasing

  1. present participle and gerund of lease

Noun edit

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

  1. gerund of lease
Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: leasing
  • Finnish: leasing
  • Polish: leasing
  • Swedish: leasing

Anagrams edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːsiŋː/, [ˈliːs̠iŋː]

Noun edit

leasing

  1. leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)

Declension edit

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.
Possessive forms of leasing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leasingini leasingini
accusative nom. leasingini leasingini
gen. leasingini
genitive leasingini leasingieni
partitive leasingiäni leasingejäni
inessive leasingissäni leasingeissäni
elative leasingistäni leasingeistäni
illative leasingiini leasingeihini
adessive leasingilläni leasingeilläni
ablative leasingiltäni leasingeiltäni
allative leasingilleni leasingeilleni
essive leasinginäni leasingeinäni
translative leasingikseni leasingeikseni
abessive leasingittäni leasingeittäni
instructive
comitative leasingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative leasingisi leasingisi
accusative nom. leasingisi leasingisi
gen. leasingisi
genitive leasingisi leasingiesi
partitive leasingiäsi leasingejäsi
inessive leasingissäsi leasingeissäsi
elative leasingistäsi leasingeistäsi
illative leasingiisi leasingeihisi
adessive leasingilläsi leasingeilläsi
ablative leasingiltäsi leasingeiltäsi
allative leasingillesi leasingeillesi
essive leasinginäsi leasingeinäsi
translative leasingiksesi leasingeiksesi
abessive leasingittäsi leasingeittäsi
instructive
comitative leasingeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leasingimme leasingimme
accusative nom. leasingimme leasingimme
gen. leasingimme
genitive leasingimme leasingiemme
partitive leasingiämme leasingejämme
inessive leasingissämme leasingeissämme
elative leasingistämme leasingeistämme
illative leasingiimme leasingeihimme
adessive leasingillämme leasingeillämme
ablative leasingiltämme leasingeiltämme
allative leasingillemme leasingeillemme
essive leasinginämme leasingeinämme
translative leasingiksemme leasingeiksemme
abessive leasingittämme leasingeittämme
instructive
comitative leasingeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative leasinginne leasinginne
accusative nom. leasinginne leasinginne
gen. leasinginne
genitive leasinginne leasingienne
partitive leasingiänne leasingejänne
inessive leasingissänne leasingeissänne
elative leasingistänne leasingeistänne
illative leasingiinne leasingeihinne
adessive leasingillänne leasingeillänne
ablative leasingiltänne leasingeiltänne
allative leasingillenne leasingeillenne
essive leasinginänne leasingeinänne
translative leasingiksenne leasingeiksenne
abessive leasingittänne leasingeittänne
instructive
comitative leasingeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative leasinginsä leasinginsä
accusative nom. leasinginsä leasinginsä
gen. leasinginsä
genitive leasinginsä leasingiensä
partitive leasingiään
leasingiänsä
leasingejään
leasingejänsä
inessive leasingissään
leasingissänsä
leasingeissään
leasingeissänsä
elative leasingistään
leasingistänsä
leasingeistään
leasingeistänsä
illative leasingiinsä leasingeihinsä
adessive leasingillään
leasingillänsä
leasingeillään
leasingeillänsä
ablative leasingiltään
leasingiltänsä
leasingeiltään
leasingeiltänsä
allative leasingilleen
leasingillensä
leasingeilleen
leasingeillensä
essive leasinginään
leasinginänsä
leasingeinään
leasingeinänsä
translative leasingikseen
leasingiksensä
leasingeikseen
leasingeiksensä
abessive leasingittään
leasingittänsä
leasingeittään
leasingeittänsä
instructive
comitative leasingeineen
leasingeinensä

Synonyms edit

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Further reading edit

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leasing m (plural leasings)

  1. leasing

Further reading edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English leasing.

Noun edit

leasing m (definite singular leasingen, indefinite plural leasinger, definite plural leasingene)

  1. leasing

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from leasing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leasing m inan (related adjective leasingowy)

  1. lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

nouns
verb

Further reading edit

  • leasing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • leasing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Noun edit

leasing n (uncountable)

  1. leasing

Declension edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

leasing m (plural leasings)

  1. leasing

Usage notes edit

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.

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English leasing.

Noun edit

leasing c

  1. leasing

Declension edit

Declension of leasing 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative leasing leasingen
Genitive leasings leasingens

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