lease vs settlement

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. 

settlement

noun
  • A disposition of property, or the act of granting it. 

  • The act of settling. 

  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city; a populated place. 

  • The state of being settled. 

  • A resolution of a dispute. 

  • A mutual agreement to end a dispute without resorting to legal proceedings, also known as an out-of-court settlement or settling out of court. 

  • The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. 

  • The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into. 

  • A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence. 

  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled (even in past times). 

  • A site where people used to live together in ancient times; an ancient simple kind of village. 

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