Leasing Definition

lēsĭng
noun
The act of lying.
American Heritage
Lying, lies, or a lie.
Webster's New World
verb

Present participle of lease.

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Other Word Forms of Leasing

Noun

Singular:
leasing
Plural:
leasings

Origin of Leasing

  • From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lÄ“asung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity"), from lÄ“asian (“to lie"), from lÄ“as (“false, faithless, untruthful, deceitful, lax, vain, worthless"). Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying"). More at lease.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English lesing from Old English lēasung from lēasian to lie from lēas untrue leu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From lease.

    From Wiktionary

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