let
noun
- a property that is available to rent
- the period a property is rented for
verb
- to allow; not to prevent
- to rent out property to another
- introduces a cohortative (self-encouragement) or jussive (indirect command) utterance
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /lɛt/
noun
Etymology: Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
- An obstacle or hindrance.
“without let or hindrance”
“[E]ver conſider vvhether our doings be to the let of our ſalvation or not.”
- The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
verb
Etymology: Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
- To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
“He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.”
“Sir King, mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle; […]”
- To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
“& there was syr Mordred redy awaytynge vpon his londage to lette his owne fader to lāde vp the lande that he was kyng ouer. "And there was Sir Mordred ready awaiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king over."”
“And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?”
- To tarry or delay.
“And for that strake I would not let, / Another upon him soon I set, […]”