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letting

Variant of let

transitive verb let, letting

  1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases or , to refrain from bothering, disturbing, touching, etc.
    1. to give the use of (a house, room, etc.) to a tenant in return for rent; rent; hire out
    2. to give out (work), assign (a contract), etc.
  2. to allow or cause to escape; cause to flow or come out, as by shedding, emitting, etc.: to let blood
  3. to allow to pass, come, or go: let me in
  4. to allow; permit: followed by an infinitive, normally without to[let me help], or by an adverb, etc. with the verb itself unexpressed [let me up]
  5. to cause to; make: usually with know or hear: let me hear from you

intransitive verb

to be rented or leased: house to let

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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