life-leases
life-leases is the plural of life-lease.
Meaning of life-lease
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
Questions about life-leases
- What is life-leases the plural of?
- Life-leases is the plural of life-lease.
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