lease vs promise

lease

noun
  • The contract or deed under which such an interest is granted. 

  • An interest in land granting exclusive use or occupation of real estate for a limited period; a leasehold. 

  • An interest granting exclusive use of any thing, such as a car or boat. 

  • The period of such an interest. 

  • The document containing such a contract or deed. 

  • An open pasture or common. 

  • The place at which the warp-threads cross on a loom. 

verb
  • To tell lies; tell lies about; slander; calumniate. 

  • To glean. 

  • To glean, gather up leavings. 

  • To release; let go; unloose. 

  • To grant a lease as a landlord; to let. 

  • To gather. 

  • To pick, select, pick out; to pick up. 

  • To hold a lease as a tenant. 

promise

noun
  • A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. 

  • A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation. 

  • Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. 

  • an oath or affirmation; a vow 

verb
  • To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. 

  • To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good. 

How often have the words lease and promise occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )