sublet

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

/ verb sʌbˈlɛt; noun ˈsʌbˌlɛt, sʌbˈlɛt /

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verb (used with object), sub·let, sub·let·ting.

to sublease.

to let under a subcontract: to sublet work.

noun

a sublease.

a property obtained by subleasing, as an apartment.

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Origin of sublet

First recorded in 1760–70; sub- + let¹

Words nearby sublet

sublapsarianism, sublate, sublation, sublattice, sublease, sublet, sublethal, subleukemic leukemia, sub-level, sublicense, sublicensee

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Example sentences from the Web for sublet

Apparently they had a difficult time keeping tenants to sublet the back bedroom of the apartment, according to neighbor testimony.
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My personal life was not so glossy—I made hardly any money, ate Snickers bars for dinner, and lived in a tiny sublet.
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We had both just graduated from college, and soon afterward he sublet a room in my apartment for eight months.
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As the lessee may assign or sublet unless forbidden, so may the lessor part with his interest in the leased premises.
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With the consent of the landlord, Molineux, Cayron sublet two apartments over his shop to his neighbor.
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It is let out altogether; the principal tenants divide it into small lots, and sublet these to the peasants.
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The job of wiping out these troublesome whites had been sublet, and they wasted no further anxiety over the affair.
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It is dangerous in the hands of a person not used to handling it and the work should be sublet.
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British Dictionary definitions for sublet

sublet

verb (sʌbˈlɛt) -lets, -letting or -let

to grant a sublease of (property)

to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract

noun (ˈsʌbˌlɛt)

informal, mainly US a sublease

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verb (used with object), sub·let, sub·let·ting.

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