Tra từ let - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

let [let lets letting] verb, noun BrE [let] NAmE [let]
verb (let·ting, let, let)

ALLOW
1. no passive to allow sb to do sth or sth to happen without trying to stop it
•~ sb/sth do sth Let them splash around in the pool for a while.
• Don't let her upset you.
•Let your body relax.
•~ sb/sth He'd eat chocolate all day long if I let him.
2. to give sb permission to do sth
•~ sb/sth do sth They won't let him leave the country.
•~ sb/sth She wanted to lend me some money but I wouldn't let her.
3. ~ sb/sth + adv./prep. to allow sb/sth to go somewhere
•to let sb into the house
• I'll give you a key so that you can let yourself in.
• Please let me past.
•The cat wants to be let out.

MAKING SUGGESTIONS
4. let'sno passive ~ (do sth) used for making suggestions
• Let's go to the beach.
• Let's not tell her what we did.
• (BrE)Don't let's tell her what we did.
•I don't think we'll make it, but let's try anyway.
•‘Shall we check it again?’ ‘Yes, let's.’

OFFERING HELP
5. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth used for offering help to sb
• Here, let me do it.
• Let us get those boxes down for you.

MAKING REQUESTS
6. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth used for making requests or giving instructions
• Let me have your report by Friday.

CHALLENGING
7. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth used to show that you are not afraid or worried about sb doing sth
• If he thinks he can cheat me, just let him try!

WISHING
8. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth (literary)used to express a strong wish for sth to happen
•Let her come home safely!

INTRODUCING STH
9. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth used to introduce what you are going to say or do
• Let me give you an example.
• Let me just finish this and then I'll come.

IN CALCULATING
10. no passive ~ sb/sth do sth (technical)used to say that you are supposing sth to be true when you calculate sth
•Let line AB be equal to line CD.

HOUSE/ROOM
11. ~ sth (out) (to sb) (especially BrE)to allow sb to use a house, room, etc. in return for regular payments
• I let the spare room.
• They decided to let out the smaller offices at low rents.
Rem: Most idioms containing let are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example let alone is at alone.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 2 Old English lǣtan ‘leave behind, leave out’ Germanic Dutch laten German lassen ↑laten. sense 1 and
Old English lettan ‘hinder’ Germanic Dutch letten ↑late

Thesaurus:
let verb T
•They won't let him leave the country.
allow • • entitle • • authorize • • license • • grant • |informal OK/okay • |formal permit • • sanction • • empower •
Opp: prevent, Opp: forbid
allow/entitle/authorize/license/permit/empower sb to do sth
let sb do sth
let/allow/permit yourself sth/(to) do sth

British/American:
rent / hire / let
Verbs
You can hire something for a short period of time (BrE only), but rent something for a longer period: ▪ We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town. ◇ ▪ We don’t own our TV, we rent it.
In NAmE, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in BrE instead of hire, too.
The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period (BrE): ▪ Do you hire out bikes? Or they can rent (out)/let (out) a building, etc: ▪ We rent out rooms in our house to students.
Outside a building you could see: ▪ To let (BrE) ◇ ▪ For rent (especially NAmE).
To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in NAmE: ▪ We hired a new secretary.
see also ↑lease ▪ v. Nouns
The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (BrE). On a sign outside a shop you might see: ▪ Bikes for hire (BrE).
see also ↑let, ↑lease, ↑hire ▪ n.

Collocations:
Moving house
Renting
live in a rented/(especially NAmE) rental property
rent/share/move into a furnished house/(BrE) flat/(especially NAmE) apartment
rent a studio/(BrE) a studio flat/(especially NAmE) a studio apartment/(BrE) a bedsit
find/get a housemate/(BrE) a flatmate/(NAmE) a roommate
sign/break the lease/rental agreement/contract
extend/renew/terminate the lease/(BrE) tenancy
afford/pay the rent/the bills/(NAmE) the utilities
(especially BrE) fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the rent
pay/lose/return a damage deposit/(NAmE) security deposit
give/receive a month's/two-weeks' notice to leave/vacate the property
Being a landlord
have a flat/apartment/room (BrE) to let/(especially NAmE) for rent
rent (out)/lease (out)/ (BrE) let (out)/sublet a flat/apartment/house/property
collect/increase/raise the rent
evict the existing tenants
attract/find new/prospective tenants
invest in rental property/(BrE) property to let/(BrE) the buy-to-let market
Buying
buy/acquire/purchase a house/(a) property/(especially NAmE) (a piece of) prime real estate
call/contact/use (BrE) an estate agent/(NAmE) a Realtor™/(NAmE) a real estate agent/broker
make/ (BrE) put in an offer on a house
put down/save for (BrE) a deposit on a house
make/put/save for (especially NAmE) a down payment on a house/home
apply for/arrange/take out a mortgage/home loan
(struggle to) pay the mortgage
make/meet/keep up/cover the monthly mortgage payments/(BrE also) repayments
(BrE) repossess/ (especially NAmE) foreclose on sb's home/house
Selling
put your house/property on the market/up for sale/up for auction
increase/lower your price/the asking price
have/hold/hand over the deed/(especially BrE) deeds of/to the house, land, etc.

Example Bank:
•Don't let it upset you.
•I wanted to drive but she wouldn't let me.
•I'll give you a key so you can let yourself in.
•Let me help you with your luggage.
•They never let the children play outside.
•They won't let him leave the country.
Idioms: ↑let fall something ▪ ↑let go ▪ ↑let it go ▪ ↑let me see ▪ ↑let somebody go ▪ ↑let somebody have it ▪ ↑let something go ▪ ↑let us say ▪ ↑let yourself go ▪ ↑without let or hindrance
Derived: ↑let on ▪ ↑let out ▪ ↑let somebody down ▪ ↑let somebody in for something ▪ ↑let somebody in on something ▪ ↑let somebody into something ▪ ↑let somebody off ▪ ↑let somebody off something ▪ ↑let somebody out ▪ ↑let something down ▪ ↑let something into something ▪ ↑let something off ▪ ↑let something out ▪ ↑let up

noun

IN TENNIS
1. a ↑serve that lands in the correct part of the ↑court but must be taken again because it has touched the top of the net

HOUSE/ROOM
2. (BrE)an act of renting a home, etc
•a long-term/short-term let
Rem: or

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 2 Old English lǣtan ‘leave behind, leave out’ Germanic Dutch laten German lassen ↑laten. sense 1 and
Old English lettan ‘hinder’ Germanic Dutch letten ↑late