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sublet

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

verb (used with object)

sublet, subletting.
  1. to sublease.
  2. to let under a subcontract:

    to sublet work.



noun

  1. a sublease.
  2. a property obtained by subleasing, as an apartment.

sublet

verb

  1. to grant a sublease of (property)
  2. to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract
“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

noun

  1. informal.
    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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sublet1

First recorded in 1760–70; sub- + let 1
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This can protect you whether you’re a homeowner renting out a spare room or a renter subletting from someone else.

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It wasn’t until the pandemic that she decided it was time to stop living out of her suitcase in hotels and short-term sublet apartments.

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A spokesperson told the BBC the company was clear with caravan owners that "there are no guarantees" about subletting income.

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Neither the subletting nor the storage of flammable materials was legal under the Caltrans lease, but the agency failed time and again to enforce it own rules, the report found.

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It was nothing like the aging, rent-controlled apartment she once sublet in Venice, where she often had to cook using a toaster oven.

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