Lease和rental异同之我见

Lease和rental的作为名词时，区别是很大。Lease强调的是一种合同关系。而rental强调的是实实在在的“钱”。以下从lease和rental的区别，以及lease和rent的区别入手，进行比较。

Lease和rental的区别：

Lease:

N. A legal contract in which you agree to pay to use someone else’s building,

land or equioment for a specific period of time -----From Macmillan English

Dictory for Advanced Learners of American English

N. A legal agreement that allows you to use a building, a piece of equipment or

some land for a period of time, usually in return for rent-----From Oxford

Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

Examples:

◆to take out a lease on a flat

◆ The lease expires / runs out next year

◆ Under the terms of the lease, you have to pay maintenance charges.

Lease作为名词时，更强调的是“法定的一种合同关系”

Rental:

N. An amount of money that you pay for renting something such as a

house,vehicle or piece of equipment-----From Macmillan English Dictory for

Advanced Learners of American English

N. The amount of money that you pay to use sth for a particular period of

time-----FromFrom Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

Example: Telephone charges include line rental.

Rental作为名词时，更强调的是“钱”，而不是一种合同关系。

Lease和rent的区别：

Rent:

V. Rent sth (from sb) : to regularly pay money to sb so that you can use sth

that they own, such as a house, some land, a machine, etc:

[VN] to live in rented accommodation / housing / property ◆ Who do you

rent the land from? ◆ In the long run, it works out more expensive to rent a

television than to buy one.

Rent sth (out) (to sb) :to allow sb to use sth that you own such as a house or

some land in exchange for regular payments:

[VN] He rents rooms in his house to students. ◆ The land is rented out to

other farmers. ◆ She agreed to rent the room to me. ◆ [VNN] She agreed to

rent me the room.

----FromFrom Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

Lease:

V. Lease sth (from sb)

lease sth (out) (to sb): to use or let sb use sth, especially property or

equipment, in exchange for rent or a regular payment:

[VN] They lease the land from a local farmer. ◆ We lease all our photocopy

equipment. ◆ Parts of the building are leased out to tenants.

----FromFrom Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

从以上对比来看，lease和rent作为动词时，基本用法和搭配基本上是一直的，可以互用。