Allow and Lease

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Lease and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lease" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Lease verb - To give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment.

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Allow and lease are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Lease".

Nearby Words: leased, leasing, leaseholder, leasehold, leaser

allow space

lease space

Not only do they trade with the Ylver, they also treat the Sisterhood, an Ylven offshoot, with respect and allow them to lease land in order to rebuild after Quaie's incursion against the Sisterhood's old home.

Source: Literature / The Farside Trilogy
Taking the city would not only cut off the Soviet Union's vital Lend-Lease supply line, but allow Germany to reap the oil-rich Caucasus.

Source: Death-or-Glory Attack
Better to Die than Be Killed: In "Where Silence Has Lease", Picard chooses to set the Enterprise to auto-destruct (thus killing the entire crew) rather than allow Nagilum to continue with his experiments, which would kill one-third to one-half of the crew.

Source: Series / Star Trek: The Next Generation

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