give someone a new lease of life Definition

lease
noun

1. A contract by which the owner of a house, land, etc agrees to let someone else use it for a stated period of time in return for payment.
2. The duration of such a contract.

Example: a six-month lease
3. The tenure or rights under such a contract.

verb leased, leasing

1. Said of an owner: to allow someone else to use (a house, land, etc) under the terms of a lease.

Thesaurus: let, loan, rent, rent out, sublet, charter.
2. Said of an occupier: to borrow (a house, land, etc) from the owner under the terms of a lease.

Thesaurus: rent, borrow, charter, hire.

Derivative: leasable
adj

Derivative: leaser
noun

A lessee.

Idiom: give someone or something a new lease of life

To cause them or it to have a longer or better life or period of usefulness than might have been expected.

Etymology: 13c: from French lais.