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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lek1 /lɛk/

▶noun the basic monetary unit of Albania, equal to 100 qintars.

– origin from Albanian.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lek2 /lɛk/

▶noun a patch of ground used for communal display in the breeding season by the males of certain birds and mammals, especially black grouse.

– derivatives
lekking noun.

– origin C19: perh. from Swed. leka ‘to play’.

'lek' also found in these Oxford entries:

fartlek - qintar

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