lease vs reserve

lease

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

  • 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. 

reserve

noun
  • A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose 

  • A reserve price in an auction. 

  • Wine held back and aged before being sold. 

  • A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 

  • Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain. 

  • The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception. 

  • A resist. 

  • Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior. 

  • A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit. 

  • In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified. 

  • A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates. 

  • A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.) 

  • Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements. 

  • A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play. 

  • A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited. 

verb
  • To keep back; to retain. 

  • To book in advance; to make a reservation. 

  • To keep in store for future or special use. 

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