rēti
1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-tia) to lease, rent, let.
E tuaruatia nei te tango e te Kāwanatanga, kua riro rā hoki te nuinga o te whenua i te rau o te patu, e hoki tuarua mai ana anō ki te hoko, ki te rēti i te wāhi i waho o te rainatango me ngā wāhi iti i roto (TW 12/2/1875:7). / It is taken twice by the government, the greater portion of the land was confiscated and then they return to buy and lease the portion outside of the confiscated line, and small portions inside.
2. (loan) (modifier) leased.
Ko te whenua rēti, mehemea he hōiho, kau rānei, ko te utu mō te mea kotahi, kaua e neke ake i £1 10s, kaua e hoki iho i £1 mō te tau (MM.TKM 20/8/1862:11). / The payment for leased land for horses or cattle should not to be more than £1 10s. nor less than £1 each per annum.
3. (loan) (noun) rent, lease.
...kia kite hoki te kāwanatanga hou i ēnei mahi a ngā iwi o ngā motu nei, he kuiki hiriwa kua kitea te tinipa, arā te pūtake o taua mea, e hunā ana e ngā Pākehā e tohe nei kia riro i a rātou te rēti o taua whenua, kāhore ngā Māori e whakaae (TW 20/7/1878:366). / ...so that the new government can see these activities of the iwi of these islands, mercury has been discovered in cinnabar, that is the source of that element, and it is being kept secret by the Pākehā who are determined to lease that land, but the Māori will not agree.
4. (loan) (noun) rates.
Ko ngā tāngata kua tuhituhi ō rātou ingoa ki te rōra rēti, pēnei e tika kia pōti rātou mō te takiwā i noho ai ō rātou ingoa i te rōra rēti (TW 7/9/1878:443). / Those persons who are enrolled on a ratepayer’s roll in any electoral district shall be qualified to vote on the election of members for their respective districts.
Synonyms: reti, tāke kaunihera
