lease

bail, contrat de location

Accord permettant d’utiliser un bâtiment ou un terrain pendant une durée fixée, en échange d’un paiement.

En anglais simple : An agreement allowing you to use a building or land for a fixed time in exchange for payment.

• I signed the lease yesterday.
• The landlord agreed to renew our lease.
• Read the lease carefully before you move in.

Comment l'utiliser : a lease on something (We signed a lease on a small office.)

Synonymes : rental agreement, tenancy agreement

Expressions courantes : sign a lease, renew the lease, lease agreement, hold a lease

durée du bail

Période pendant laquelle un contrat permet d’utiliser un bien loué.

En anglais simple : The length of time you are allowed to use rented property under an agreement.

• The lease lasts five years.
• Our lease ends in June.
• Only six months remain on the lease.

Synonymes : lease term, rental period

Expressions courantes : a long lease, during the lease, lease expires

louer, prendre à bail

Obtenir le droit d’utiliser un bien pour une durée fixée en acceptant de payer son propriétaire.

En anglais simple : To get the right to use property by agreeing to pay its owner for a fixed time.

• We plan to lease an office.
• She leased the shop from its owner.
• They have leased this land for twenty years.

Comment l'utiliser : lease something from someone (They leased the land from a local farmer.)

Synonymes : rent

Expressions courantes : lease a property, lease from someone, lease some land, lease an apartment