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- DictionaryLease/lēs/
noun
- 1. a contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment: "a six-month lease on a shop"
verb
- 1. grant (property) on lease; let: "she leased the site to a local company"
19 hours ago · The Ricoh Company, Ltd. (/ ˈ r iː k oʊ /) (株式会社リコー, Kabushiki-gaisha Rikō) is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company.It was founded by the now-defunct commercial division of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken) known as the Riken Concern, on 6 February 1936 as Riken Sensitized Paper (理研感光紙, Riken Kankōshi).
19 hours ago · Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor or empress; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or are ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire ...
19 hours ago · Bonaparte's rejection of a British offer involving a ten-year lease of Malta prompted the reactivation of the British blockade of the French coast; Britain declared war on France on 18 May. [30] The 1802 treaty was never implemented. The United Kingdom resumed hostilities citing France's imperialist policies in the West Indies, Italy, and ...
19 hours ago · Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), [1] is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.
19 hours ago · Philip Morris, British American Tobacco, and Japan Tobacco each own or lease tobacco-manufacturing facilities in at least 50 countries and buy crude tobacco leaf from at least 12 more countries. [61] This encouragement, along with government subsidies, has led to a glut in the tobacco market.
19 hours ago · Elegance and class define this residence, with high-end finishes, custom woodwork, new automatic blackout curtains, and a Dolby Atmos sound system in the bonus room. The high-end kitchen appliances, white cabinets, and luxury vinyl plank flooring throughout will make you feel right at home.
19 hours ago · Deforestation is defined as the conversion of forest to other land uses (regardless of whether it is human-induced). [14] Deforestation and forest area net change are not the same: the latter is the sum of all forest losses (deforestation) and all forest gains (forest expansion) in a given period. Net change, therefore, can be positive or ...
