The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LETS
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What does LETS mean?
LETS noun- The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
- To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
- To leave.
- To allow the release of (a fluid).
- To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- Used to introduce an imperative in the first or third person.
- To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- An obstacle or hindrance.
- The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
- To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
- To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
- To tarry or delay.