I have witnessed many professional services companies go under because they signed a long-term lease on too much office space at the wrong rent -and then revenues collapsed.

我目睹了许多专业服务公司的倒闭，原因是它们签署了一份长期租约，租用了过多的办公空间，支付了价格离谱的房租——而公司收入随后出现了大幅下降。

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And Alex, the owner, gave us a horse to lease so that our members, when they go on an interview and they're stressing out could come to the horse stables and free their minds.

CNN: Transcript of June 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'

If given the go-ahead, the council would continue to own the site, and offer it on a five year lease.

BBC: St Mary's Island

Instead of chasing after retailers using the old standby of return on assets, consider a variation: Go for companies whose ROA measures will remain unscathed if and when rulemakers lower the boom on lease accounting.

FORBES: Retailers