a legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent (房屋、设备或土地的)租约,租契 to take out a lease on a house 办理房屋租约 The lease expires/runs out next year. 这份租约明年到期。 Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges. 按租约的条款,你得支付维修费。
CollocationsMoving house Moving house搬家 Renting 租房子 - live in a rented/(especially North American English) rental property
住在租来的住所里 - rent/share/move into a furnished house/(British English) flat/(especially North American English) apartment
租用/合住/搬进配有家具的房屋/公寓 - rent a studio/(British English) a studio flat/(especially North American English) a studio apartment/(British English) a bedsit
租一个单间公寓 - find/get a housemate/(British English) a flatmate/(North American English) a roommate
找一个室友 - sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
签署/违反租约/租赁协议/合同 - extend/renew/terminate the lease/(British English) tenancy
延长租赁期限;续签/终止租约 - afford/pay the rent/the bills/(North American English) the utilities
付得起/支付租金/账单/水电气等杂费 - (especially British English) fall behind with/ (especially North American English) fall behind on the rent
拖欠租金 - pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(North American English) security deposit
支付/失去/退还损坏押金/保证金 - give/receive a month’s/two-weeks’ notice to leave/vacate the property
提前一个月/两周发出/收到离开/腾空住房的通知
Being a landlord 做房东 - have a flat/an apartment/a room (British English) to let/(especially North American English) for rent
- rent (out)/lease (out)/ (British English) let (out)/sublet a flat/an apartment/a house/a property
- collect/increase/raise the rent
收取/增加/提高房租 - evict the existing tenants
赶走现有房客 - attract/find new/prospective tenants
吸引/寻找新的/可能的房客 - invest in rental property/(British English) property to let/(British English) the buy-to-let market
投资购房用于出租
Buying 购买房子 - buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially North American English) (a piece of) prime real estate
购置一栋房子/一处房产/(一块)优质房地产 - call/contact/use (British English) an estate agent/(North American English) a Realtor™/(North American English) a real estate agent/broker
电话联系/联系/任用房地产经纪人 - make/ (British English) put in an offer on a house
提供房子的报价 - put down/save for (British English) a deposit on a house
支付/存钱付房屋订金 - make/put/save for (especially North American English) a down payment on a house/home
支付/攒钱支付买房的首付金 - apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
申请/商定/取得按揭/住房贷款 - (struggle to) pay the mortgage
(竭力)支付按揭贷款 - make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(British English also) repayments
支付每月的按揭贷款 - (British English) repossess/ (especially North American English) foreclose on somebody’s home/house
收回某人的房子;终止某人的房屋赎回权
Selling 出售房子 - put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
将房屋/房产投放市场/出售/拍卖 - increase/lower your price/the asking price
提高/降低价格/要价 - have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially British English) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.
持有/移交房屋、土地等契约
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1, Law and justicec1He took a lease of the premises. 他租赁了这处房屋。 She has taken out a new ten-year lease on the building. 她又为这个大楼签了 10 年的租约。 The club has a 20-year lease on the property. 俱乐部对这栋房产拥有 20 年的租赁权。 The company holds the building on a long lease. 这家公司长期租用这栋大楼。 The lease runs from April 19. 租约从 4 月 19 日开始生效。 They have a lease with five years to run. 他们有一份还剩 5 年的租约。 They moved out and the lease was surrendered. 他们搬了出来,租约也就放弃了。 Under the new lease, the rent would go up. 新租约规定,租金要提高。 a new clause in the lease 租约中的新条款
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- long-term
- short
- …
- have
- hold
- acquire
- …
- run
- take effect
- come up for renewal
- …
- agreement
- payment
- in a/the lease
- on a lease
- under a/the lease
- …
- a clause in a lease
- a condition of a lease
- the provisions of a lease
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French lais, leis, from lesser, laissier ‘let, leave’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.