leasing

lease (something) from (someone or something)

To rent a property from some person, group, or company. We're actually leasing the space directly from the government, who gave us a great discount on our monthly payments. I'm leasing the office from my father-in-law while I get my business set up.
See also: lease

lease (something) to (someone or something)

To rent a property to some person, group, or company. We actually lease the land to the oil companies while the dig for oil, and we get a percentage of the profit should they find anything. I'm leasing the office to my son-in-law while he gets his business set up.
See also: lease

lease back

1. To rent a property from the person or company to whom one sold it. The only way we could avoid losing our home was to sell it to the bank and then lease it back again.
2. To rent a property to the person or company from whom one bought it. The government is offering to buy up properties from people with vastly inflated mortgages and lease them back to them for much lower monthly amounts.
See also: back, lease

lease up

1. To grant the use or occupation of an entire building or premises under the terms of a lease. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "lease" and "up." An investment group bought the entire property, kicked out the previous tenants, and leased it up at much higher rates to foreign businesses. They managed to lease up the house after it had been on the market for less than a month.
2. To be granted use or occupation under the terms of a lease. How long do you think it will take for the house to lease up in the current market conditions?
See also: lease, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lease something back

to sell something, then rent it from the buyer. We sold the building to a real estate firm and then leased it back. There was some tax saving involved. We leased back the building.
See also: back, lease
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

lease up

v.
1. To fully lease some building: The housing agency leased up the new apartment building in record time. After the new building had been on the market for only one week, the real estate agent had leased it up. The retail spaces were leased up before construction even started.
2. To become fully leased: The new office building leased up in less than a week.
See also: lease, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • lease (something) from (someone or something)
  • lease from
  • lease back
  • lease to
  • lease (something) to (someone or something)
  • low rent
  • low-rent
  • shy of (something)
  • house poor
  • (one's) jaw drops
References in periodicals archive
"there is the scope for increasing Sindh's share in leasing business." He says this is the only sector capable of extending industrial leasing.
Leasing operations in Sindh
The brochure Keys to Vehicle Leasing: A Consumer Guide is available in English and Spanish from Publications Services, Mail Stop 127, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551, or call 202-452-3244.
NEW EDUCATION RESOURCE ON VEHICLE LEASING FOR CONSUMERS
The Equipment Leasing Association recommends that you ask the following 10 questions before signing a lease.
Understanding LEASES
Evaluate Leasing Economics on an After-tax Basis--The rent payments you make are treated as an operating expense, so you're not allowed any depreciation allowances.
Equipment leasing basics
Leasing is a way of life in Texas, a state with only a tiny amount of public hunting land.
Land lease: sporting rights for "rent."
After an average of two to four years, Rashad says you have several leasing options: buy and keep it, buy and resell it at a profit, turn the car in and walk away, upgrade it (turn in a 1998 model and leave with a 2000 model), get a lease extension for up to six months, refinance the balance or release the balance.
Is car leasing for you?
As a result, in 1983 the Board sent to the Congress proposed amendments to the Consumer Leasing Act that were intended as a starting point for congressional consideration of these issues.
Statement by Griffith L. Garwood, Director, Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, June 24, 1992
Leasing a car requires at least as much shopping and negotiation as buying one.
Purchase vs. lease of an automobile
As is generally the case, deducting car leasing expenses is easier if you're self-employed: they go right on Schedule C of your tax return with all your other business expenses.
Lessees: drive hard for every tax break
Leasing can be a convenient financing alternative, partly because it doesn't involve capital-budget financing.
How to lease in peace
An SPE is established to engage in certain types of transactions (for example, leasing) on behalf of a sponsor (lessee).
Lessors and discontinued operations subsequently retained
Phelps, Inc., the managing and leasing agent for the property.
Seven new office leases and lease renewals have been signed at Merritt 7 Corporate Park, the 1.4 million square foot office complex located in Norwalk, Conn., announced Albert D. Phelps, Inc., the managing and leasing agent for the property
In Coulter, the taxpayer had transferred equipment leases to a bank in exchange for cash to expand its leasing business.
Is the recharacterization of a sale or a lease a change in method of accounting?
represented the tenant; Richard Francis, senior vice president and director of leasing and property management for Simone Development Companies, represented the owner in the transactions.
Simone signs 34,000 s/f in deals
With depressed real estate market conditions affecting many areas of the country, some lessors are offering inducements (such as rent holidays or step rents) to facilitate the leasing of properties.
Sec. 467 rental agreements