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▪ I. ˈunderˌlet, ppl. a.
[under-1 4 a.]
Let in or inserted beneath.
1884Harper's Mag. Aug. 347/2 Window-curtains of pale greenish-white satin, with underlet appliqués of other pale-hued silks.
▪ II. underˈlet, v.
[under-1 8 c, d.]
1. trans. To let at an amount or rental below the true or full value.
1677Capell in Essex Papers (Camden) II. 128 Ormond..abusing King in underletting the excise to the value of 300,000 lbs. per annum. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 103 ⁋14 He..knows how much one man's cellar is robbed by his butler, and the land of another underlet by his Steward. 1791Rep. Comm. Thames-Isis Navig. 24 The Two Pound Locks, Tolls, &c. at Ifley and Sandford..were previously much under-let. 1868Rogers Pol. Econ. xiii. 181 Agricultural land in England is rather under than over let. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §5 (1876) 320 The land indeed had been greatly underlet.
2. To let to a sub-tenant; to sublet.
1819Rees Cycl. XXXVII. s.v. Underletting, That tenants should have the power of underletting or assigning the farms. 1841Penny Cycl. XXI. 400/1 The merchant may load with his own goods or those of others, or he may underlet the ship altogether. 1872–4in Jefferies Toilers Field (1892) 253 No allotment, or any part thereof shall be under-let or exchanged.
Hence underˈletter (Smart, 1836); underˈletting vbl. n.
1819Rees Cycl. XXXVII. s.v., By a subset or underletting there, the principal tenant or tacksman is not changed. 1883Law Times 27 Oct. 433/1 Covenants against assignments and underlettings without the landlord's consent. |