underlet

American  

[uhn-der-let] / ˌʌn dərˈlɛt /

verb (used with object)

underlet, underletting

1. to let below the true value.

2. to sublet.

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underlet British  

/ ˌʌndəˈlɛt /

verb

1. to let for a price lower than expected or justified

2. a less common word for sublet

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Other Word Forms

• underletter noun

Etymology

Origin of underlet

First recorded in 1670–80; under- + let ¹

Example Sentences

Church lands had always been underlet; the monks were easy landlords.

From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)

A goodish old house, and a small estate, underlet as it is, bringing me about two thousand a year, and some expectations, as they call them, from an old grand-aunt.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

May a lessee for years underlet without the lessor's leave?

From The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. by Young, Andrew W.

The high rents are almost prohibitory, and those who take houses, underlet them and sublet them, till in six rooms three families may be living.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

They underlet estates which they had to manage; and anticipating the owner's necessities, the estates in due time became cheap purchases for Audley and the stewards.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac