letting

transitive verb let, letting

1. to leave; forsake; abandon: now only in phrases or , to refrain from bothering, disturbing, touching, etc.
2. 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.
3. to allow or cause to escape; cause to flow or come out, as by shedding, emitting, etc.: to let blood
4. to allow to pass, come, or go: let me in
5. 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]
6. to cause to; make: usually with know or hear: let me hear from you

intransitive verb