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leases for lives

leases for lives is the plural of lease for lives.

Meaning of lease for lives

Noun

lease for lives (plural leases for lives)

  1. (England, Wales, historical) A kind of lease for a term of years determinable, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, which typically named three individuals – the "lives" – and determined upon the death of all three.

Questions about leases for lives

What is leases for lives the plural of?
Leases for lives is the plural of lease for lives.

Words near leases for lives in the dictionary

  1. leasemonger
  2. leasemongers
  3. leaser
  4. leasers
  5. leases
  6. leases for lives
  7. leasest
  8. leash
  9. leashed
  10. leashes
  11. leashing

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