# leasing
## English
### Etymology 1

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) +‎ -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːzɪŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: leas‧ing

#### Noun

leasing (plural leasings)
* (archaic) A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
** c. 1370–1390, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...], London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC:fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about, With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’, With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid, And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

### Etymology 2

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) +‎ -ing.

#### Verb

leasing
* present participle of lease (“to tell lies”)

### Etymology 3

From lease (“to rent out”) +‎ -ing.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːsɪŋ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
* Hyphenation: leas‧ing

#### Verb

leasing
* present participle and gerund of lease

#### Noun

leasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)
* gerund of lease

##### Derived terms

* body leasing
* wet-leasing

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: leasing
* → Finnish: leasing
* → Polish: leasing
* → Swedish: leasing

### Anagrams

* Eaglins, Neglias, Sinegal, gas line, lignase, linages, sealing

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːsiŋ/, [ˈliːs̠iŋ]
* Rhymes: -iːsiŋ

### Noun

leasing
* leasing (act of leasing something, especially if long-term)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of leasing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leasingini
leasingini
accusative
nom.
leasingini
leasingini
gen.
leasingini
genitive
leasingini
leasingieni
partitive
leasingiäni
leasingejäni
inessive
leasingissäni
leasingeissäni
elative
leasingistäni
leasingeistäni
illative
leasingiini
leasingeihini
adessive
leasingilläni
leasingeilläni
ablative
leasingiltäni
leasingeiltäni
allative
leasingilleni
leasingeilleni
essive
leasinginäni
leasingeinäni
translative
leasingikseni
leasingeikseni
abessive
leasingittäni
leasingeittäni
instructive
comitative
—leasingeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leasingisi
leasingisi
accusative
nom.
leasingisi
leasingisi
gen.
leasingisi
genitive
leasingisi
leasingiesi
partitive
leasingiäsi
leasingejäsi
inessive
leasingissäsi
leasingeissäsi
elative
leasingistäsi
leasingeistäsi
illative
leasingiisi
leasingeihisi
adessive
leasingilläsi
leasingeilläsi
ablative
leasingiltäsi
leasingeiltäsi
allative
leasingillesi
leasingeillesi
essive
leasinginäsi
leasingeinäsi
translative
leasingiksesi
leasingeiksesi
abessive
leasingittäsi
leasingeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—leasingeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leasingimme
leasingimme
accusative
nom.
leasingimme
leasingimme
gen.
leasingimme
genitive
leasingimme
leasingiemme
partitive
leasingiämme
leasingejämme
inessive
leasingissämme
leasingeissämme
elative
leasingistämme
leasingeistämme
illative
leasingiimme
leasingeihimme
adessive
leasingillämme
leasingeillämme
ablative
leasingiltämme
leasingeiltämme
allative
leasingillemme
leasingeillemme
essive
leasinginämme
leasingeinämme
translative
leasingiksemme
leasingeiksemme
abessive
leasingittämme
leasingeittämme
instructive
comitative
—leasingeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leasinginne
leasinginne
accusative
nom.
leasinginne
leasinginne
gen.
leasinginne
genitive
leasinginne
leasingienne
partitive
leasingiänne
leasingejänne
inessive
leasingissänne
leasingeissänne
elative
leasingistänne
leasingeistänne
illative
leasingiinne
leasingeihinne
adessive
leasingillänne
leasingeillänne
ablative
leasingiltänne
leasingeiltänne
allative
leasingillenne
leasingeillenne
essive
leasinginänne
leasingeinänne
translative
leasingiksenne
leasingeiksenne
abessive
leasingittänne
leasingeittänne
instructive
comitative
—leasingeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
leasinginsä
leasinginsä
accusative
nom.
leasinginsä
leasinginsä
gen.
leasinginsä
genitive
leasinginsä
leasingiensä
partitive
leasingiään leasingiänsä
leasingejään leasingejänsä
inessive
leasingissään leasingissänsä
leasingeissään leasingeissänsä
elative
leasingistään leasingistänsä
leasingeistään leasingeistänsä
illative
leasingiinsä
leasingeihinsä
adessive
leasingillään leasingillänsä
leasingeillään leasingeillänsä
ablative
leasingiltään leasingiltänsä
leasingeiltään leasingeiltänsä
allative
leasingilleen leasingillensä
leasingeilleen leasingeillensä
essive
leasinginään leasinginänsä
leasingeinään leasingeinänsä
translative
leasingikseen leasingiksensä
leasingeikseen leasingeiksensä
abessive
leasingittään leasingittänsä
leasingeittään leasingeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—leasingeineen leasingeinensä :

#### Synonyms

* liisaus
* pitkäaikainen vuokraus
* pitkäaikaisvuokraus
* vuokraus

#### Derived terms

* leasingauto
* leasingpalvelu
* leasing-palvelu
* leasing-sopimus
* leasingsopimus
* leasingyhtiö

### Further reading

* “leasing”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)
* leasing

### Further reading

* “leasing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

### Noun

leasing m (definite singular leasingen, indefinite plural leasinger, definite plural leasingene)
* leasing

## Polish
### Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from leasing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.ziŋk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iziŋk
* Syllabification: lea‧sing

### Noun

leasing m inan (related adjective leasingowy)
* lease (contract granting use or occupation of property)

#### Derived terms

* leasingobiorca
* leasingodawca
* leasingować impf

### Further reading

* leasing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* leasing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

### Noun

leasing n (uncountable)
* leasing

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English leasing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlisin/ [ˈli.sĩn]
* Rhymes: -isin

### Noun

leasing m (plural leasings)
* leasing

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “leasing”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English leasing.

### Noun

leasing c
* leasing

#### Related terms

* leasa

### Further reading

* leasing in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* leasing in Svensk ordbok (SO)