: a lease by a tenant or lessee of part or all of leased premises to another person but with the original tenant retaining some right or interest under the original lease
subleased; subleasing; subleases
: to make or obtain a sublease of
Examples of sublease in a Sentence
Verb
She subleased her apartment to a student for the summer.
The agency subleases office space from a law firm.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
The space is being marketed for sublease by Jeff Germain with Stratus Brookers.
—Maia Luem, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
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Noun
Advertisement The city also intends negotiate a direct lease with the landlord, H.G. Fenton, at the end of the sublease.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
The space is being marketed for sublease by Jeff Germain with Stratus Brookers.
—Maia Luem, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
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“Sublease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sublease. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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sublease
noun
sub·lease
ˈsəb-ˌlēs 
: a lease that is given by a tenant or lessee to another person of part or all of the leased premises for a shorter term than that of the original lease and under which some interest is retained compare assignment of lease at assignment
sublease
transitive verb
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