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sublet

[ verb suhb-let; noun suhb-let, suhb-let ]

/ verb sʌbˈlɛt; noun ˈsʌbˌlɛt, sʌbˈlɛt /

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verb (used with object), sub·let, sub·let·ting.

to sublease.

to let under a subcontract: to sublet work.

noun

a sublease.

a property obtained by subleasing, as an apartment.

Origin of sublet

First recorded in 1760–70; sub- + let¹

Words nearby sublet

sublapsarianism, sublate, sublation, sublattice, sublease, sublet, sublethal, subleukemic leukemia, sublicense, sublicensee, sublieutenant

Example sentences from the Web for sublet

Apparently they had a difficult time keeping tenants to sublet the back bedroom of the apartment, according to neighbor testimony.

Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game |Barbie Latza Nadeau |February 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We had both just graduated from college, and soon afterward he sublet a room in my apartment for eight months.

The Hipster Thief |Nick Antosca |September 19, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
A flaith whose stock for letting ran short hired some from a king and sublet them to his own people.

The Glories of Ireland |Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox
I hardly know—for a day or two at some hotel, and as soon as possible in a small studio, if I can find one to sublet.

The Bandbox |Louis Joseph Vance

Col. Sublet shot two bullets through one of them from his double shooter but did not bring him down.

Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 |E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
A German family are going to take the front part of the house and sublet the rest.

McTeague |Frank Norris
The trucking was sublet by the contractor to a sub-contractor, who provided trucks, teams, and trimmers at the pier.

Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 |B. H. M. Hewett

British Dictionary definitions for sublet

sublet

verb (sʌbˈlɛt) -lets, -letting or -let

to grant a sublease of (property)

to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract

noun (ˈsʌbˌlɛt)

informal, mainly US a sublease