sublease
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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to grant a sublease of.
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to take or hold a sublease of.
noun
verb
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to grant a sublease of (property); sublet
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(tr) to take, obtain, or hold by sublease
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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subleasesimple
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subleasessimple
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have subleasedperfect
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has subleasedperfect
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am subleasingprogressive
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are subleasingprogressive
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is subleasingprogressive
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have been subleasingperfect progressive
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has been subleasingperfect progressive
Past
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subleasedsimple
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had subleasedperfect
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was subleasingprogressive
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were subleasingprogressive
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had been subleasingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of sublease
Example Sentences
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He was jailed for convictions including several peaceful protests and a fraud charge related to a sublease of his media company’s offices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
I moved into a little sublease on Fairfax, and my parents were super-worried about me.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, for example, is attempting to sublease entire new buildings that it had intended to occupy at the Spring District, a created neighborhood with shops and apartments near downtown.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
Atlas and X entered a sublease agreement for space at 650 California Street in San Francisco's financial district in April 2021, the lawsuit said.
From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023
If he could possibly sublease that ranch from Benson.
From The Desert Fiddler by Hamby, William H. (William Henry)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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