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dry lease

dry lease noun: a leasing agreement where an aircraft is provided without any additional services like crew, maintenance, or insurance.

Noun

dry lease (plural dry leases)

  1. A leasing agreement where an aircraft is provided without any additional services like crew, maintenance, or insurance.

Forms of dry lease

pluraldry leases

Origin of dry lease

From wet + lease. The origin is uncertain, but it is widely believed that the term dry refers to the exclusion of fuel in the lease agreement.

Questions about dry lease

What does dry lease mean?
Dry lease means a leasing agreement where an aircraft is provided without any additional services like crew, maintenance, or insurance.
What part of speech is dry lease?
Dry lease is a noun.
What is the plural of dry lease?
The plural of dry lease is dry leases.

Words near dry lease in the dictionary

  1. dry labs
  2. dry laid
  3. dry lake
  4. dry lakes
  5. dry land
  6. dry lease
  7. dry leases
  8. dry light
  9. dry lightning
  10. dry lights
  11. dry line

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