Definition of Sublet

1. Noun. A lease from one lessee to another.

Exact synonyms: Sublease
Generic synonyms: Lease, Letting, Rental
Derivative terms: Sublease

2. Verb. Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person. "We sublet our apartment over the summer"
Exact synonyms: Sublease
Generic synonyms: Lease, Let, Rent
Derivative terms: Sublease

Definition of Sublet

1. v. t. To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.

Definition of Sublet

1. Verb. (transitive) To lease or rent all or part of (a property) (to another person). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) (past of sublet) ¹

3. Noun. Property leased by one lessee to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sublet

1. to rent leased property to another [v -LET, -LETTING, -LETS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sublet

sublayers
subleading
sublease
subleased
subleaser
subleasers
subleases
subleasing
sublemma
sublemmas
sublemmata
sublessee
sublessees
sublessor
sublessors
sublet (current term)
sublethal
sublethally
sublets
subletter
subletters
subletting
sublevation
sublevations
sublevel
sublevels
sublibrarian
sublibrarians
sublicence
sublicensable

Literary usage of Sublet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence: A Presentation of the Law of by John Cassan Wait (1898)
"Provision that Contractor shall Not Assign nor sublet Work.* Clause: "The contractor shall not sublet any portion of the works, but must construct and carry ..."

2. Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence: A Presentation of the Law of by John Cassan Wait (1897)
"Provision that Contractor shall Not Assign nor sublet Work.* Clause: "The contractor shall not sublet any portion of the works, but must construct and carry ..."

3. Digest of Evidence Taken Before Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry Into by William Courtenay Devon (1847)
"This fanu was let to Robert Keating who sublet the whole of it. ... It is sublet, and is in a most wretched condition, with numerous miserable cabins on it. ..."

4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... sublease, sublet. 2. In the sense of "to take a lease of": take (contextual); ... sublet."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Real Property by William Francis Walsh (1915)
"Remedies for Breach of Covenant Not to Assign or sublet. ... assign or sublet, without reservation of a right of entry or of forfeiture in case of a breach, ..."

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