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Definition of Letting
1. Noun. Property that is leased or rented out or let.
Generic synonyms: Belongings, Holding, Property
Specialized synonyms: Car Rental, Hire Car, Rent-a-car, Self-drive, U-drive, You-drive, Sublease, Sublet
Derivative terms: Lease, Lease, Rental
Definition of Letting
1. Verb. (present participle of let) ¹
2. Noun. (British) The rental of an apartment ¹
3. Noun. (US dated) The award of a public contract ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Letting
1. let [v] - See also: let
Lexicographical Neighbors of Letting
Literary usage of Letting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"In the case of leaseholds, in addition to the foregoing, a fee on the rent equal
to three-quint rs of that payable under the appropriate letting scale (sec ..."
2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, William M. Lacy (1889)
"This bailment or letting for hire is of three kinds; locatio rei, by which
the *hirer, for a com- [ * 536 ] ' pensation, gains the temporary use of the ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors,
and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his wife, ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"... and in these, in the absence of an earlier and more perfect diagnosis, he knew
by experience that the plan of instituting blood-letting proposed, ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... the temptation of letting circumstances in the play form and guide his
characters, but to keep up their individualities through all these circumstances, ..."
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