Charter

The answer

LEASE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEASE answer page.

Used 52 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• HIRE (68 uses in xd)
• LET (33 uses in xd)
• RENT (4 uses in xd)
• ENGAGE (3 uses in xd)
• HIT (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for LEASE

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEASE, most used first.

• Rental agreement - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Rental contract - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Rent - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Tenant's contract - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
• Let - used 37 times, most recently in 2011
• Contract. - used 34 times, most recently in 2004
• Renter's paper - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Rental document - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Car dealer's offering - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Buy alternative - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Renter's contract - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Renter's document - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Sierra ___ - LEONE, used 374 times
• "___ luck!" - LOTSA, used 183 times
• Rodeo rope - LASSO, used 177 times
• Suspicious - LEERY, used 173 times
• Endures - LASTS, used 153 times
• Reluctant - LOATH, used 139 times

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