Noun: letting le-ting
Usage: Brit
Verb: let (let,letting) let
Usage: Brit
Verb: let (let,letting) let
- Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
"The guard let them enter the building";
- allow, permit
- Actively cause something to happen
"I let it be known that I was not interested"
- Give permission or consent for something to happen
"I won't let the police search her basement";
- permit, allow, countenance
- Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"This let me in for a big surprise";
- get, have
- Leave unchanged
"let it be"
- Grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
"I am letting my country estate to some foreigners";
- lease, rent
- 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
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