[f. LEASE v.3 + -ING1.] The action of LEASE v.3; letting out (on lease). Also attrib.

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1521.  Bury Wills (Camden), 124. In lesyng and lettyng ye days werke.

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1610.  J. More, in Buccleuch MS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.), 90. In case of leasing, whether you will reserve the house.

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1818.  Cruise, Digest (ed. 2), IV. 284. If actual possession were necessary, a leasing power could never be executed where land was in the hands of a tenant.

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1880.  Times, 30 July, 9/4. Making a profit out of the leasing of shooting rights.

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