释义是n.

租赁;(房屋、设备或土地的)租约，租契;

vt.

租用，租借，出租(尤指房地产或设备);

例句

Food-import anxiety is even leading to new efforts by food-importing countries to buy or lease farmland in other countries.

对于食品进口的焦虑甚至正在促使粮食进口国做出新的努力:在其他国家购买或租赁土地。

lease 和 rent都有租赁的意思，区别使用可以从以下例子看出：

I want to rent this holiday house for my short term vacation, but I don't want to in lease, believe you can agree it, only for 7 days. 我想租这个度假屋来短期度假，但我不想签租约，相信你能同意，只租7天。

rent和lease的区别：

1、意思不一样，所涉及的事项也不一样 rent 意思为“租金”;而lease 意思为“租约”。前者涉及的是租赁协议/合同中的利益关系，后者牵涉的是租赁协议/合同中的义务权利以及责任。

2、使用方式上不一样 从灵活性/口语(书面)来说。Lease用法较为死板，只出现在合同/协议等正式文稿中，不能用在口语里，而Rent则可在口语或书面语中出现。

1.Since her hip operation she's had a new lease of life.

2.The lease plainly states that all damage must be paid for.

3.They lease the land from a local farmer.

4.We lease all our computer equipment.

5.Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges.