leaseback

English

Alternative forms

  • lease-back

Etymology

lease + back

Noun

leaseback (countable and uncountable, plural leasebacks)

  1. (finance) A property transaction where a party sells something, then leases it from the purchaser. The seller is released from tax, depreciation, and maintenance costs, and the buyer is guaranteed an income from the property.
    • 2019 November 6, “Fleet news”, in Rail, page 30:
      The operator has since sold ten locomotives [] which were subsequently sold on to GB Railfreight (which then sold them to Beacon Rail on a leaseback deal), as well as four to GBRf outright [] .

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