life-lease
life-lease noun: a lifetime appointment, a condition that exists or service that is provided for the duration of an individual's lifetime or for the remainder of an individual's life.
Noun
life-lease (plural life-leases)
- A lifetime appointment, a condition that exists or service that is provided for the duration of an individual's lifetime or for the remainder of an individual's life.
- I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years.1853, Herman Melville, “Bartleby, the Scrivener”, in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1856
Forms of life-lease
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Questions about life-lease
- What does life-lease mean?
- Life-lease means a lifetime appointment, a condition that exists or service that is provided for the duration of an individual's lifetime or for the remainder of an individual's life.
- What part of speech is life-lease?
- Life-lease is a noun.
- What is the plural of life-lease?
- The plural of life-lease is life-leases.
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