Live vs Lease - What's the difference?
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(lb) To be alive; to have life.
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(lb) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
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, title= (lb) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
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To cope.
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(lb) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 19, author=Kerry Brown, title=
, passage=By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.}}
*{{quote-magazine, title=
, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838, page=11, magazine=(The Economist)
, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
(lb) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
*(John Foxe) (1516/7-1587)
*:to live the Gospel
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To outlast danger; to float; said of a ship, boat, etc.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:a strong mast that lived upon the sea
(only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
Being in existence; actual
Having active properties; being energized.
Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
(engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
(sports) Still in active play.
(broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
Of a performance or speech, in person.
Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
(circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
Being in a state of ignition; burning.
(obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
(obsolete) Vivid; bright.
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Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
Of making a performance or speech, in person.
(chiefly dialectal) to gather.
(chiefly dialectal) to pick, select, pick out; to pick up.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean.
(chiefly dialectal) to glean, gather up leavings.
false; lying; deceptive
To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate.
an open pasture or common
*1928 , Thomas Hardy, He Never Expected Much :
*:Since as a child I used to lie
*:Upon the leaze and watch the sky,
*:Never, I own, expected I
*:That life would all be fair.
To release; let go; unloose.
To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).
To take or hold by lease.
To grant a lease; to let or rent.
A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent
The period of such a contract
A leasehold
The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.
As a proper noun live
is , a variant of liv.As a verb lease is
(chiefly dialectal) to gather or lease can be to tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate or lease can be to release; let go; unloose or lease can be to operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).As an adjective lease is
false; lying; deceptive.As a noun lease is
falsehood; a lie or lease can be an open pasture or common or lease can be a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rent or lease can be the place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom.live
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) liven, from (etyl) ), Dutch ''leven'', Old High German ''leb?n]]'' (German ''leben''), Old Norse ''lifa'' (Swedish ''leva ), Gothic [[???????????????????? (liban).Verb
(liv)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
Kim Jong-il obituary, work=The Guardian
Towards the end of poverty
Derived terms
* live and die * live and let live * live down * live for the day * live in sin * live in the past * live large * live off * live on * live on the edge * live out * live over * live over the brush * live the dream * live up * live with * long live * outlive * overlive * reliveSee also
* abide * dwell * reside * stayEtymology 2
See aliveAdjective
(-)- The post office will not ship live animals.
- He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
- the live spindle of a lathe
- a live ball
- The station presented a live news program every evening.
- This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
- The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
- Use caution when working near live wires.
- Tommy's blind was live , so he was given the option to raise.
- a live''' coal; '''live embers
- a live man, or orator
- the live carnation
Usage notes
* Live'' in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), ''alive'' is used, as in "be alive". ''Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.Synonyms
* (having life) living, alive * (electrically charged) hot * (in person) in person, in the fleshAntonyms
* (having life) dead * (capable of causing harm) blank, dummy * (electrically charged) neutral, dead * (as it happens) recorded, prerecorded * (in person) broadcast * (featuring humans) animatedDerived terms
* lively * live one * live rail * live wireCompounds
* live actors * live action * live album * live broadcast * live recordingAdverb
(en adverb)- The concert was broadcast live by radio.
- ''He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lesen, from (etyl) .Verb
(leas)- (Dryden)
