prelease

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ lease.

Verb

prelease (third-person singular simple present preleases, present participle preleasing, simple past and past participle preleased)

1. (transitive) To arrange a lease for in advance.
   • 2007 January 31, Elsa Brenner, “From Arms to Art”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “When we tried to prelease the old warehouse, it was almost impossible to convince anyone that this rather nondescript building could be turned into a regional arts center,” said Roger E. Noyes, a Noisette director of development for this project.

Noun

prelease (plural preleases)

1. A lease arranged in advance.

Anagrams

• eelspear