to take on a new lease of life

  • 1lease on life — In BrE the idiom is take a new lease of life, whereas in AmE it is take a new lease on life …

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  • 2lease — [lēs] n. [ME leas < Anglo Fr les < OFr lais < laissier: see LEASH] 1. a contract by which one party (landlord, or lessor) gives to another (tenant, or lessee) the use and possession of lands, buildings, property, etc. for a specified… …

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  • 3life — W1S1 [laıf] n plural lives [laıvz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time somebody is alive)¦ 2¦(state of being alive)¦ 3¦(way somebody lives)¦ 4¦(particular situation/job)¦ 5 social/personal/sex etc life 6¦(human existence)¦ 7¦(time when something exists/works)¦ …

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  • 4lease — lease1 W3 [li:s] n 1.) a legal agreement which allows you to use a building, car etc for a period of time, in return for rent lease on ▪ They took out a lease on a seven acre field. ▪ The landlord refused to renew his lease . ▪ The 99 year lease… …

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  • 5lease — 1 noun (C) 1 a legal agreement which allows you to use a car, building etc for a period of time, in return for rent: take out a lease (=sign a lease so that you can rent something): We ve taken out a lease on an office building. 2 a new lease of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6life — [[t]la͟ɪvz[/t]] ♦ lives 1) N UNCOUNT Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. ...a baby s first minutes of life... Amnesty International opposes the death… …

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  • 7lease — lease1 leasable, adj. leaseless, adj. leaser, n. /lees/, n., v., leased, leasing. n. 1. a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period… …

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  • 8lease — [[t]lis[/t]] n. v. leased, leas•ing 1) bus a contract conveying land, renting property, etc., to another for a specified period 2) the property leased 3) the period of time for which a lease is made: a five year lease[/ex] 4) to grant the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9new — [[t]nju͟ː, AM nu͟ː[/t]] ♦ newer, newest 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is new has been recently created, built, or invented or is in the process of being created, built, or invented. They ve just opened a new hotel in the Stoke area... The new… …

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  • 10New Territories — 新界 Location within Hong Kong …

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