A legal agreement to pay rent to the lessor for a stated period of time. Sometimes the lease is in substance a purchase of an asset and a financing arrangement. For example, if a company agrees to lease a forklift truck for 60 months and the agreement cannot be canceled without purchasing the asset, it is possible the arrangement is more than a mere rental of equipment. See capital lease and operating lease.
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