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Noun: letting  le-ting
Usage: Brit
  1. Property that is leased or rented out or let
    "The agency manages multiple lettings";
    - lease, rental
Verb: let (let,letting)  let
  1. Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
    "The guard let them enter the building";
    - allow, permit
     
  2. Actively cause something to happen
    "I let it be known that I was not interested"
     
  3. Give permission or consent for something to happen
    "I won't let the police search her basement";
    - permit, allow, countenance
     
  4. Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
    "This let me in for a big surprise";
    - get, have
     
  5. Leave unchanged
    "let it be"
     
  6. Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
    "I am letting my country estate to some foreigners";
    - lease, rent
     
  7. Assume or suppose that
    "let X be an integer greater than 1"

Derived forms: lettings

Type of: accept, belongings, cause, consent, create, get, give, go for, have, holding, induce, leave, leave alone, leave behind, let alone, make, never mind, property, stimulate

Encyclopedia: Letting

Let, West Virginia