法律英语每日一词16-Lease(1)

Lease  [lis]  N、V

一、释义

1.  英文释义

1） A contract by which a rightful possessor of real property conveys the right to use and occupy the property in exchange for consideration, usu. rent.

The lease term can be for life, for a fixed period, or for a period terminable at will.

2)  Such a conveyance plus all covenants attached to it.

3)  The written instrument memorializing such a conveyance and its convenants.

= lease agreement; lease contract

4)  The piece of property so conveyed.    

5)  A contract by which the rightful possessor of personal conveys the right to use that property in exchange for consideration.     =tenancy agreement. 

2.  中文释义

1） （不动产）租赁；租约；  出租人将其土地、房屋以一定期限交付承租人占有和使用，承租人支付租金的协议。出租人---lessor;  lanlord    承租人---lessee;  tenant    landlord和tenant一般适用于不动产租赁关系中。 

2）  租赁权

3） 租赁物

4） （动产）租赁

5） 租得（土地）等

二、词组精选

assignable lease   可转让租赁

A lease that the lessee can transfer to a successor.

指租约中规定有允许承租人转让其权利的条款，或出租人对承租人的转让权无异议。租赁的转让不同于转租【sublease】，二者的区别在于：在转让租赁时，承租人应将自己对于不动产享有的全部权利转移给第三人；在转租时，承租人可以仅将部分权利转移给第三人。

building lease   建筑工程租约

A long-term lease of land that includes a convenent to erect or alter a building or other improvement.  Cf. ground lease

一种土地租约，承租人承担在土地上建造房屋的义务。

community lease  共同出租

A lease in which a number of lessors owning interests in separate tracts execute a lease in favor of a single lessee.

分别拥有土地所有权的几个人向同一租赁人出租。

concurrent lease  同期租约

A lease that begins before a previous lease ends, entitling the new lessee to be paid all rents that accrue on the previous lease after the new lease begins, and to remedies against the holding tenant.

指在前一个租约未满期前，业主就同一土地或其一部分同新承租人订立第二个租约，两个租约的期限有部分重叠，业主允许在新租约生效后，原承租人在剩余租期内所付租金归新承租人所有。

durable leases  长期租借

A lease that reserves a rent payable annually, usu. with a right of reentry for nonpayment.

定期(一般为每年）支付租金的租借。出租人可因任一期租金的拖欠而行使收回权。

finance lease  融资租赁

A fixed-term lease used by a business to finance capital equipment.

The lessor's service is usu. limited to financing the asset, and the lessee pays maintenance costs and taxes and has the option of purchasing the asset at leae-end for a nominal price. Finance leases strongly resemble security agreements and are written almost exclusively by financial institutions as a way to help a commercial customer obtain an expensicve capital item tha customer might not otherwise be able to afford.

以融资为目的的租赁方式，在此租赁方式中，出租人并不选择、制造或提供商品，而是与供应商缔约取得货物，并出租给承租人，定期收取租金，向其提供信用。

(来源：Black's Law Dictionary，《元照英美法词典》，《英汉法律用语词典》）