relet

American

[ree-let] / ˌriˈlɛt /

verb (used with object)

to rent or lease (land, buildings, rooms, space, etc.) again, or to renew a lease or rental agreement for.

The judge ruled that the landlord was not entitled to any damages because he had successfully relet the apartment.
Full payment is required if you cancel within seven days of your arrival date and we are unable to relet your room.

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Origin of relet

re- ( def. ) + let ¹ ( def. )

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relet reletting

Many institutional investors don’t want to spend the money needed to refurbish even a high-quality office to get it relet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

But two and a half years later, with Canada at war, the Winnipeg Free Press broke the story that the old Bren gun contract had been canceled and relet on a management-fee basis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The firm had long since regretted their bargain with a man whose pictures were not likely to sell, especially as they could have relet the gallery to much better advantage.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Several large empty houses that were relet had to be renovated for their new tenants, and there was a fair amount of inside work arising out of the annual spring-cleaning in other houses.

From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert

George Edwards had an idea that the Indian awards could again be relet to advantage, and started for the capital, while the major and I journeyed on south.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy

These consist in the abrogation of steamship subsidy contracts, reletting of mail transportation contracts, and in the cost and amount of supplies used in the service, amounting in all to $16,619,047.42.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover

Old Euler lost no time in reletting the ground floor.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert

However, after her death we thought we would give one garden-party before reletting, which we did in 1884.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

As soon as our scheme for reletting was matured, Frank summoned the occupants of the farms, in bodies of ten, to present themselves at the 'Nest, in order to take their new leases.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

By canceling the contract, collecting the penalty, and reletting the task, the city would profit without exceeding its legal rights.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill

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