貸す

lend: 人が後で返す約束で, 金･物を貸すこと, 銀行などが利子を取って金を貸すことをいう

loan: 〘主に米〙 で人･銀行などが金･物などを貸すことや, 〘英〙 では絵画などの貴重な品を正式に貸し出すこともいうが, 動詞用法より名詞用法の方が一般的

rent: 人が有料で, 特に家･部屋などの不動産を貸すことをいう

lease: 一定期間の法的賃貸契約のもと, 土地･建物･車などを貸すこと. 「賃借する」の意味もあるのでoutを付ける方が明確

HIRE, LET, LEASE, RENT, CHARTER mean to engage or grant for use at a price.

HIRE and LET, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, HIRE implying the act of engaging or taking for use and LET the granting of use.

e.g. we hired a car for the summer

e.g. decided to let the cottage to a young couple

LEASE strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

e.g. the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

RENT stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.

e.g. instead of buying a house, they decided to rent will not rent to families with children

CHARTER applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.

e.g. charter a bus to go to the game

a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment:

(土地･家屋などの)賃貸借契約; (事務機器などの)リース; (賃貸借契約による土地･家屋などの)賃借権, 貸借期間

e.g. a six-month lease on a shop.

verb with object

grant (property) on lease; let:

«…から» …を貸借する «from»; 〖～ A B/B to A〗 A〈人など〉にB〈土地･家屋など〉を賃貸する(out) (!「賃借する」の意もあるのでoutを付ける方が明確)

e.g. she leased the site to a local company.

take (property) on lease; rent:

e.g. land was leased from the city.

a new lease on life (British a new lease on life)

a substantially improved prospect of life or use after rejuvenation or repair.

leasable adjective

leaser noun

late Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier ‘let, leave’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.