sublet sub‧let [sʌbˈlet] verb sublet PTandPP or subletted subletting PRESPART [intransitive, transitive] PROPERTY
to rent property that you rent from its owner to another person:
• Efforts by the remaining partners to sublet the building failed.
— sublet noun [countable] :
• The showroom is a short-term sublet.
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sublet UK US (subletting, sublet, sublet) (also sub-let) /ˌsʌbˈlet/ verb [I or T] (also sublease, also underlet) PROPERTY, LAW
► to allow someone to rent all or part of a building that you are renting from someone else: »
They have instructed us to sub-let 20,000 sq ft of offices.
► to rent all or part of a building from another person who rents it from the owner: »
We sublet the offices from the principal tenant.
sublet noun [C] (also sublease)
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The financial services company was renting a sublet in Chelsea.
sublet adjective [before noun]
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sublet offices/space
Financial and business terms. 2012.