See Also: leaden(dictionary)
leaden(2)(dictionary)
leaden(1)(dictionary)
REIT(finance)
O&Y REIT(finance)
IPC US REIT(finance)
CAP REIT(finance)
CMO REIT(money)
REIT(money)
Morguard REIT(finance)

leaden(1) (iou) and REIT (finance)


leaden(1) (iou)



leaden adjective. OE.
[from LEAD noun1 + -EN4.]
1. Consisting or made of lead. OE.
E. Young Night..stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world.
2. Of a cold dull grey colour. LME.
leaden fly-catcher a small grey-green Australasian fly-catcher, Myiagra rubecula.
S. J. Perelman It was the season of the southwest monsoon, marked by leaden, overcast skies.
3. transf. & fig.
a. Of base quality or composition; of little value. L16.
C. Marlowe Base leaden Earles, that glory in your birth.
b. Weighing like lead; oppressively burdensome or numbing. Of the limbs: hard to drag along, moving slowly and heavily. L16.
Pope Leaden slumbers press his drooping eyes. O. Manning The heat now had a leaden weight so even the flies were stilled.
c. Lacking animation; inert, spiritless, depressing. L16.
Opera Now Some of the chorus singing..is ill-defined and leaden.
leadenly adverb L19.
leadenness [-n-n-] noun E17.

REIT (finance)


REIT is the abreviation used for Real Estate Investment Trust, a company whose purpose is to own and/or operate income-producing Real Estate, like apartments, shopping centers, offices etc.