sublet

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

verb (used with object)

, sub·let, sub·let·ting.

1. to sublease.
2. to let under a subcontract:

   to sublet work.

noun

1. a sublease.
2. a property obtained by subleasing, as an apartment.

sublet

verb

1. to grant a sublease of (property)
2. to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract

noun

1. informal.
   a sublease

Word History and Origins

Origin of sublet¹

First recorded in 1760–70; sub- + let ¹

Example Sentences

Sure, New York is full of random events, but Walter seems entirely unmotivated to discover the identity of the person who not only has access to his apartment, but also has set it up as a sublet to two strangers.

From The Daily Beast

For example, companies are stuck with millions of square feet of now unused office space—sublet space soared by 40% from late 2019 to this year, CoStar found.

From Time

At the moment, there is around 101 million square feet of office space available to rent in Manhattan, and 24 million square feet of that is available to sublet—a 51% increase from office space available for sublet during the Great Recession.

From Time

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

From The Daily Beast

My personal life was not so glossy—I made hardly any money, ate Snickers bars for dinner, and lived in a tiny sublet.

From The Daily Beast

We had both just graduated from college, and soon afterward he sublet a room in my apartment for eight months.

From The Daily Beast

As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.

From Project Gutenberg

With the consent of the landlord, Molineux, Cayron sublet two apartments over his shop to his neighbor.

From Project Gutenberg

It is let out altogether; the principal tenants divide it into small lots, and sublet these to the peasants.

From Project Gutenberg

The job of wiping out these troublesome whites had been sublet, and they wasted no further anxiety over the affair.

From Project Gutenberg

It is dangerous in the hands of a person not used to handling it and the work should be sublet.

From Project Gutenberg