- 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
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- (British English) an act of renting a house, flat, room, etc.; a house, flat, room etc. that is available to rent
- a long-term/short-term let
- Similar barns had been converted to holiday lets.
in tennis
house/room
Word Originnoun sense 2 Old English lǣtan ‘leave behind, leave out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch laten and German lassen, also to late. noun sense 1 and without let or hindrance. Old English lettan ‘hinder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch letten, also to late.
Idioms
See let in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywithout let or hindrance
- (formal or law) without being prevented from doing something; freely
- New regulations will allow residents to travel between member states without let or hindrance.
- He should be able to view all records without let or hindrance.
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