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The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
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To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
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After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.
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To leave.
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Let me alone!
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To allow the release of (a fluid).
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The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.
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To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
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I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.
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To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
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to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering
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Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
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Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.
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To cause (+ bare infinitive).
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Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?
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To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
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To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
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To tarry or delay.
Let him decide the matter for us.
Do not let him go to sea.
Then one of the fishermen said, "Let us ask the governor about it and do as he shall bid us."
Let us have a good old song that will help to keep us warm.
I won't let you go!
Come on, let me in.
She let the subject drop.
Let it be a free gift to them from the city.
I know you must be tired, so I will let you rest.
Let them say what they please, I am not going to change my clothes.
Let me introduce you to him.
If you need anything at all, be sure to let us know.
Let us hear the rest.
Let the son marry the daughter, if both agree, and give them the treasure as a wedding portion.
Don't let me slow you down.
I won't let anything hurt her.
Like a bird let loose, his horse leaped forward.
He let go of the fox, and it ran out.
So, let us go on with the work that is before us.
We must let her know that you are safe.
Let us put the bar there.
No wonder Dulce didn't want to let go of him.
His punch, with which he let me play, was a delightful toy.
Oh, let me be!
Let us be ready, for we may be sent for any minute.
Let me see; where was I?
Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.
So don't let us keep it waiting a single minute.
These soldiers guarded the streets of the town; they would not let any one go out or come in without their leave.
Let us examine our prison and see what it is like.
Let them twy me, I'm not afwaid of anyone.
She let the door shut without removing anything.
Let those who wish any corn bring money and buy it.
So let us cease this talk of skull crushing and converse upon more pleasant subjects.
Let us attack them!
Let us have dinner, and then we'll set off.
I am with you, and I will not let anything hurt you.
Ask him to let you see it.
Do not let the cat get the mouse.
I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb-nail.
Let us not be upset and overwhelmed in that terrible rapid and whirlpool called a dinner, situated in the meridian shallows.
Well, say your father has a German valet, and he is a splendid valet and satisfies your father's requirements better than you could, then it's all right to let him serve.
He had been perfectly content to step back and let her bear the brunt of Giddon's anger, even knowing that he had arrived uninvited.
Let us go ourselves.
Will you let them come?
Let him wonder what she would do when they got home.
She was out, dressed and fixing supper when the bus stopped to let Jonathan out.
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails.
Let us see who is the strongest.
Let into the wall was a star-shaped light.