reletn.
/ˈriːˌlɛt/, U.S. /ˈriˌlɛt/ The action or process of reletting a property, or the fact of being relet; an instance of this. Also concrete: a property that is let again.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > property which is let or re-let
rent1422
relet1861
sublet1928
1861 Sc. Law Jrnl. & Sheriff Court Rec. 3 ii. 58/1 Hutchison & Dixon would have been entitled to retain the amount realised for the re-let of the park for the remainder of the season.
1867 Brit. Farmer's Mag. 53 309/1 To deprive them of the surplus rent the farm will bring on a re-let for the remainder of the lease.
1969 Guardian 29 Oct. 1/8 A vast increase in the number of ‘re-lets’ among existing corporation houses.
1971 Daily Tel. 5 Aug. 10/7 Relets could be made to young people and earn £40 to £50 a week for the landlord instead of perhaps £10.
2006 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 11 The potential relet of the property [where a murder took place] cannot be guaranteed to be successful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† reletv.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To remit.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)] > remit a sentence or penalty
releasec1325
respite?c1450
remit1484
relet?a1560
retreat1678
?a1560 in T. Wright Songs & Ballads Reign Philip & Mary (1860) 3 What great lovyng kyndnes dyd God show in thys cace?.. That yt so pleased hym to relet owr excyle.
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reletv.2
/ˌriːˈlɛt/, U.S. /riˈlɛt/ transitive. To let again; spec. to let (property) for a further period, or to a new tenant.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] > again
relet1767
re-lease1823
1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 93 To lay them [sc. lands] down in good heart to grass, and then to re-let the same farms.
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland i. 53 I found rents in general at 20s. an acre, with much relet at 30s.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. ii. 60 To give an industrious..tenant a preference, when the farm is to be re-let.
1872 Spectator 5 Oct. 1267/1 When the landlord relets..those farms on which the old tenants were not willing to pay for the improvement.
1920 T. S. Woolsey Stud. French Forestry x. 287 A re-estimate of the work may be made and the contract relet.
1987 Times (Nexis) 29 Jan. A comparison between the two groups of London boroughs shows that group A... takes seven weeks longer on average to relet houses or flats requiring minor repairs.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 96 Two maps were drawn and..the estate was relet from Lady Day 1797.
Derivatives
reˈletting n.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > again
reletting1774
1774 A. Young Polit. Arithm. ii. ii. 118 Lands are let in very great tracts by auction, with a liberty of re-letting to others.
1812 Times 17 Apr. 1 From the large sum recently laid out on the estates, they..would..on a reletting, produce double the present rents.
1897 Daily News 15 Oct. 3/1 The re-letting of premises in Finsbury-circus.
1998 Housing Agenda Apr. (Finance section) 4/1 Year-on-year of reletting, inflation and cost increases can add to distortions and differentials.
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