Leased vs Likened - What's the difference?
leased | likened |
(lease)
Transferred under the terms of a lease.
* 1880 , , page 327 [http://google.com/books?id=lTU9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA327&dq=leased]:
(liken)
To compare; to state that (something) is like (something else).
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As verbs the difference between leased and likened
is that leased is (lease) while likened is (liken).As an adjective leased
is transferred under the terms of a lease.leased
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(head)Adjective
(head)- The resemblance borne by such a land carriage to a ship put under charter-party is, perhaps, closer where the entire business of one railway company, with its tracks, rolling-stock, equipments, and goodwill become leased for a certain term to another company.
Derived terms
* leased access * leased facility * leased fee * leased lineAnagrams
* *likened
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(head)liken
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(en verb)Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}