| • | To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose. | 
											
															| • | A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common
   in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic. | 
											
															| • | A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing
   over. | 
											
															| • | of Let | 
											
															| • | To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. | 
											
															| • | To consider; to think; to esteem. | 
											
															| • | To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the
   active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be
   made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought. | 
											
															| • | To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by
   positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. | 
											
															| • | To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to
   lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to
   let a house; to let out horses. | 
											
															| • | To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or
   contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to
   let out the lathing and the plastering. | 
											
															| • | To forbear. | 
											
															| • | To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See
   note under Let, v. t. |