SUBLET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: subletting

Meaning:

A lease from one lessee to another

Synonyms:

sublease; sublet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("sublet" is a kind of...):

lease; letting; rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

Derivation:

sublet (lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sublet ... he / she / it sublets

Past simple: subletted

Past participle: subletted

-ing form: subletting

Meaning:

Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person

Example:

We sublet our apartment over the summer

Synonyms:

sublease; sublet

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "sublet" is one way to...):

lease; let; rent (grant use or occupation of under a term of contract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

sublet (a lease from one lessee to another)