Search Results

1. of Lette

Part of Speech: noun

1. A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.

2. A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; - common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.

Part of Speech: verb

1. To forbear.

2. To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $ 500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.

Part of Speech: verb transitive

1. To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

2. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.

3. To consider; to think; to esteem.

4. To cause; to make; - used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.

5. To permit; to allow; to suffer; - either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.

6. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; - often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.

7. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; - often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.