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Letting vs Leasing - What's the difference?

letting | leasing |

As verbs the difference between letting and leasing

is that letting is while leasing is .

As nouns the difference between letting and leasing

is that letting is (british) the rental of an apartment while leasing is (archaic) a lie; the act of lying, falsehood.

letting

English

(Renting)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) The rental of an apartment
  • * {{quote-news, 2002, June 15, John Cranage, No fear of slump in lettings, Birmingham Post citation
    • , passage=House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages. }}
  • (US, dated) The award of a public contract
  • * {{quote-news, 1937, February 6, Walker Wood, Capitol Activities, Woodville Republican citation
    • , passage=Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.}}

    leasing

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lesing, leasung, from (etyl) . More at .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
  • * , II.ix:
    • Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings , tales, and lies.

    Etymology 2

    From lease.

    Verb

    (wikipedia leasing) (head)

    • Anagrams

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