LEASING. A ‘leasing’ is a lie. Wyclif uses the word often. Thus John 8:44 ‘Whanne he spekith a lesinge, he spekitb of his owne thingis; for he is a lyiere, and fadir of it.’ The word occurs in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in Psalms 4:2; Psalms 5:6 and 2Es 14:18 .