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.