English → Latin
“lease” in Latin
conductiōuniting; spasm, convulsionlocātiōdisposition, arrangement; renting, leasingsyngraphapromissory note, IOUlocōto put, place, set; to arrange, establish; to lease, hire out, lendēlocōto let or hire outcondūcōto lead, bring or draw together; assemble, collect; to connect, join, unite; close up; coagulate; to hire, rent, employ,redimōto buy back, repurchase, redeem; to atone for; to ransom
The English word lease itself goes back to Latin laxus, through laxō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lease s.
conductio (in respect of the party who takes the lease, Cic., Coecin., 32, 94): locatio (in respect of the party who grants the lease, Cic., Att., 1, 17, 9): syngrapha (as the written signed document). To grant a lease, locare; elocare: to take a lease, conducere; redimere: to have on lease, conduxisse, conductum habere: to make void a lease, locationem inducere.
lease v.
To glean, spicas legere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lease?
- The usual Latin words for “lease” are conductiō, locātiō, syngrapha; also locō, ēlocō, condūcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.