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prelease

prelease verb: to arrange a lease for in advance.

Verb

prelease (third-person singular simple present preleases, present participle preleasing, simple past and past participle preleased)

  1. (transitive) To arrange a lease for in advance.
    • “When we tried to prelease the old warehouse, it was almost impossible to convince anyone that this rather nondescript building could be turned into a regional arts center,” said Roger E. Noyes, a Noisette director of development for this project.2007 January 31, Elsa Brenner, “From Arms to Art”, in New York Times

Noun

prelease (plural preleases)

  1. A lease arranged in advance.

Forms of prelease

Verb
third-person singular presentpreleases
present participlepreleasing
past participlepreleased
pastpreleased
Noun
pluralpreleases

Origin of prelease

From pre- + lease.

Questions about prelease

What does prelease mean?
Prelease means to arrange a lease for in advance.
What part of speech is prelease?
Prelease can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of prelease?
The past tense of prelease is preleased.

Words near prelease in the dictionary

  1. prelaying
  2. prelays
  3. prelearned
  4. prelearning
  5. prelearnt
  6. prelease
  7. preleased
  8. preleases
  9. preleasing
  10. prelect
  11. prelected

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