lets

Noun (1)

let (plural lets)

1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
   • Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”
   • “O certainly a Good Let sir.”1854, Charles Dickens, Christmas Stories, page 317

Noun (2)

let (plural lets)

1. (obsolete) An obstacle or hindrance.
   • without let or hindrance
2. The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

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Verb

let’s

1. Used to form the cohortative of verbs, equivalent of the first-person plural imperative in some other languages.
   • Let’s eat lunch sometime, shall we?
2. Used to form the hortative of verbs, equivalent of the second-person plural imperative in some other languages, chiefly instructional
   • Let’s make sure we don’t forget proper punctuation, let's not let those mistakes happen again.