to let

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
TO LET. To hire, to lease; to grant the use and possession of something for 
a compensation. 
     2. This term is applied to real estate and the words to hire are more 
commonly used when speaking of personal estate. See Hire, Hirer, and Letter. 
     3. Letting is very similar to selling; the difference consists, in 
this; that instead of selling the thing itself, the letter sells only the 
use of it. 
    

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