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

They proposed to turn it into a place of public amusement, but soon abandoned 90 the idea, and relet it.

From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Sir Walter Besant

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 Robert Tressell

Blocks of flats that have been let at a quite reasonable rent are frequently "modernised" with a few superficial improvements and renovations and relet at vastly increased prices.

From France by Gordon Cochrane Home

In 1876 the Corporation gave £15,000 to resume possession, afterwards reletting the premises at £800 a year, with a further £100 for the vaults.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman

But, in reletting his farms, he is liable to fall into two errors, which are almost equally prejudicial to his own interests, and to those of his country.

From Nature and Progress of Rent by T. R. (Thomas Robert) Malthus

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 Walter Dill Scott

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 Grover Cleveland

"There will be no difficulty in reletting them at this time of the year," growled Mr. Bertram.

From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

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