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[ verb suhb-let; noun suhb-let, suhb-let ] / verb sʌbˈlɛt; noun ˈsʌbˌlɛt, sʌbˈlɛt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sublet ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), sub·let, sub·let·ting.to sublease. to let under a subcontract: to sublet work. nouna sublease. a property obtained by subleasing, as an apartment. Origin of subletFirst recorded in 1760–70; sub- + let1 Words nearby subletsublapsarianism, sublate, sublation, sublattice, sublease, sublet, sublethal, subleukemic leukemia, sub-level, sublicense, sublicensee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for subletApparently they had a difficult time keeping tenants to sublet the back bedroom of the apartment, according to neighbor testimony. Iranian Found In Venice Lagoon, Alleged Victim Of Botched Sex Game|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST We had both just graduated from college, and soon afterward he sublet a room in my apartment for eight months. The Hipster Thief|Nick Antosca|September 19, 2009|DAILY BEAST A flaith whose stock for letting ran short hired some from a king and sublet them to his own people. The Glories of Ireland|Edited by Joseph Dunn and P.J. Lennox I hardly know—for a day or two at some hotel, and as soon as possible in a small studio, if I can find one to sublet. The Bandbox|Louis Joseph Vance
Col. Sublet shot two bullets through one of them from his double shooter but did not bring him down. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls A German family are going to take the front part of the house and sublet the rest. The trucking was sublet by the contractor to a sub-contractor, who provided trucks, teams, and trimmers at the pier. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910|B. H. M. Hewett
British Dictionary definitions for sublet
verb (sʌbˈlɛt) -lets, -letting or -letto grant a sublease of (property) to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract noun (ˈsʌbˌlɛt)informal, mainly US a sublease Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to subletcharter, hire, rent out, borrow, lease, subcontract, hire out, appoint, engage, obtain, enlist, employ, bring in, draft, promise, pick, retain, select, let, lent |