[f. LET v.1] A letting for hire or rent. (The sense in the first quot. is doubtful.)
1684. in A. Nora Royds, Reg. Par. Felkirk (1896), 3. By ye Ancyant Lett it amounts to 35 Pounds Yearly.
1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xxiv. ‘We’ve had a pretty good Let,’ said Mr. Crummles. ‘Four front places in the centre, and the whole of the stage-box.’
1868. Perth. Jrnl., 18 June. John Dewar, at the Farm, will show the Boundaries; and the Conditions of Let may be learned on application.
1878. Daily News, 24 Oct., 6/6. The reason the stair was not included in the lease was that the executors wanted to utilise it for the empty rooms, and make a separate let of it.
