take a demise

verb

Roget 788: borrow, desume^†.    hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year &c.; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year &c.; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take.    raise money, take up money; raise the wind; fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul; run into debt etc. (debt) 806.    replevy [Law].    ... show more

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