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/lɛt/ · let
noun
- A lease; the act of letting a property in exchange for rent. The landlord signed a let for the apartment and collected the first month's rent.
verb
- To allow or permit; not to prevent. After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him in.
- To leave alone; to refrain from interfering. Let me alone while I finish my work.
- To allow the release of a fluid. The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
- To hinder, prevent, impede, or obstruct someone or something. The heavy traffic let the ambulance's progress.
- To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening. She could not let the cat escape from the garden.
- To tarry or delay. We let for a while before starting the meeting.
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Did you know? The noun 'let' meaning a lease derives from the verb 'let' meaning to allow, and it remains common in British English in phrases such as 'to let a flat'.