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let: let let [let] verb let _PTandPP letting _PRESPART [transitive] PROPERTY

also let out to allow someone to use a room or building in return for rent:

let something to somebody

• She let the studio to artists.

• There are numerous offices to let (= available to be rented ) in the town.

• Once the tourist season begins, we should be able to let out the rest of our properties.

— let noun [countable] :

• Stein employed a landlord to manage the Browning Street let.
— compare lease¹, rent¹

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Ⅰ.

let UK US /let/ verb [T] (letting, let, let)

► to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something, by giving your permission or by not doing anything to stop an action: »We do not let our staff use social networking sites at work.
»They had let the office accommodation become rundown and shabby.

► UK (US rent) to allow your house or land to be lived in or used by someone else in exchange for a regular payment: let sth (out) to sb »They are letting their house out for the summer.
»He's let his flat to a young couple.
»The Technology Park has office accommodation and business units to let.
let on sth »The property is let on a 10-year lease.
»The holiday apartments are let on a weekly basis.

→ See Note RENT(Cf. ↑rent)

● let sb go — Cf. let sb go

Ⅱ.

let UK US /let/ noun [C] UK

► the act of allowing someone to use your house, land, etc. in exchange for regular payments: let on sth »a five-year let on a flat
short-term/long-term let »We've taken the studios on a short-term let.

● without let or hindrance — Cf. without let or hindrance

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Synonyms:

Allow, permit, suffer, give leave to, give permission to / Lease, put to hire, Hindrance, impediment, obstacle, obstruction

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Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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