lease學測 L6KK [ˈlis]/ˈlis/
租約;租賃合約·租期;租賃期限·出租;把財產租給他人·租用;付費使用一段時間
校外租屋新生必學的租賃契約用字
Before you sign the lease, make sure you understand the rent and how long it lasts.

簽租約之前,務必搞懂租金與租期。

lease 讓人不用一次付清買斷,而是分期付租金換取一段時間的使用權,常見於租屋與租車。

一個畫面:交付鑰匙換租金

交付鑰匙把使用權暫時交給對方
按期付租換取使用權,定期支付租金
到期歸還租期一到,鑰匙交回原主

義項

簽約收租C1noun租約;租賃合約
After searching for months, I finally found a great apartment and signed a lease for one year.
找了好幾個月後,我終於找到一間很棒的公寓,並簽了一年的租約。
sign a leasea one-year lease
租期倒數C1noun租期;租賃期限
The lease for the apartment is for one year.
這間公寓的租期是一年。
the length of the lease
騰房出租C1verb出租;把財產租給他人
Mr. Chen decided to lease his empty apartment to a young family.
陳先生決定把空出來的公寓出租給一個年輕家庭。
lease an apartmentlease out a property
租車代步C1verb租用;付費使用一段時間
John decided to lease a car for a year.
約翰決定租一輛車開一年。
lease a carlease a vehicle

片語

sign a lease落筆簽字 →簽下租賃合約
lease agreement白紙黑字 →具法律效力的租約文件
renew a lease續約蓋章 →租約到期後續簽
lease term倒數計時 →租賃合約的有效期間
lease out掛牌招租 →把房子租給別人
lease a car租車鑰匙 →以租金方式使用一輛車

你會不會這樣說?

I want to sign a ___ for this apartment. (lease / least)

看答案

lease

lease 是「租約」,least 是「最少」,兩字拼寫只差一個字母。

「Mr. Chen decided to lease his empty apartment to a young family.」這裡的 lease 是哪個意思?(A) 名詞,租約 (B) 動詞,出租給別人 (C) 動詞,向別人承租

看答案

(B)

此句是屋主把公寓給別人使用換取租金,對應「出租」動詞義項。

字族

leasing 租賃業務;出租行為・lessee 承租人

順路看看

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

辦公室搬遷
The office manager filed a copy of the signed lease.
辦公室經理將已簽署租約的副本歸檔。
配送車輛安排
Our company leased two vans for the delivery team last year.
我們公司去年為配送團隊租用了兩輛廂型車。

詞族

lease noun 租約;租期・lease verb 出租;租用・leased verb(過去式/過去分詞) 出租;租用・leasing verb(現在分詞) 出租;租用

四選一

The company plans to ____ two vans for the delivery team.

  • leasing
  • lease
  • leases
  • leased
看答案

lease

plans to 後接原形動詞 lease,表示計畫租用。leasing、leases 與 leased 分別為現在分詞、第三人稱單數現在式及過去式/過去分詞,皆不能作此處不定詞的原形動詞。

同義改寫

The office manager filed a copy of the signed lease. → The office manager filed a copy of the signed rental agreement.
此處 lease 指辦公室租約,可用 rental agreement 表達相同文件。
Our company leased two vans for the delivery team last year. → Our company rented two vans for the delivery team last year.
此處公司是租用方;rented 保留付費使用車輛的意思,且未改變原句的時間或數量。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤