sublease
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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subleases,
present (3rd person singular)
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subleased,
past participle, past
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subleasing
present participle
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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
Other Word Forms
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Inflected Forms
Participles
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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In some cases, it can take over the underlying leases and use the facilities itself or sublease them to other firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Grocery Outlet did not announce which locations would be closed at the time, but they were listed for sublease by advisory firm Gordon Bros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
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
About 14% of office space is empty or available for sublease across the Puget Sound region, including Seattle, Tacoma and the Eastside, the highest share since 2010.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
"I wonder," he remarked without meeting his employer's eyes, "if he would sublease it?"
From The Desert Fiddler by William H. (William Henry) Hamby
While Kirkland and Fremont have so far fared better, the Tableau subleases will have an effect.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Amtrak subleases a small portion of the station — about 13.4 percent of it — from USI for railroad operations, which includes the concourse area before passengers go to the platform.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2022
New leases, subleases and renewals in the area totaled more than one million square feet from April through September last year, up from about 260,000 square feet a year earlier, according to CBRE.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Tony Morales, a broker at the competing brokerage JLL, will hold his predictions until the third-quarter numbers come in late September, but he’s tracking subleases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
The observatories pay just $1 a year for their subleases, but they share day-to-day costs such as road maintenance, snow removal, and operations of the visitor center.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 14, 2020
Last year, Varda subleased about 55,000 square feet of lab space from alternative protein company Beyond Meat at 888 Douglas St. in El Segundo, which it started moving into in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
We rented a six-bedroom house in East Hollywood for $1,900 a month, subleased two of the bedrooms and still had space for a karaoke room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Owners of two of the companies that subleased the property said they also had warned of a fire danger and other hazards related to homeless people living under the freeway.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Business owners who subleased the storage properties said they voiced concerns for years about fire danger and other hazards related to camps in an industrial zone under I-10.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
I subleased your land from the Macpherson Mortgage Company three years ago.
From The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter
She also denied the league was subleasing fields to the academy, saying that the academy, operating independently from the league, was paying the city to use the fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Savi, which is subleasing the Southwest Atlanta space from the city, is building out the 16,000 square feet into a supermarket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Talented winemaker Trey Busch expands to the Eastside by subleasing a room from Darby Winery.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Officials said the property where the fire broke out was being leased by Calabasas-based Apex Development Inc., which was subleasing the storage site under the overpass without permission from state and federal agencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
They didn’t want to keep subleasing from other gyms, so they began looking for a space where they could set up their own temporary training center.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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