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English
Etymology
From sub- + lease.
Noun
sublease (plural subleases)
- (property law) A lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.
- Synonyms: underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, (informal) sublet, underlet
- Antonyms: headlease, superior lease
- Hypernyms: lease, tenancy, letting
- Hyponyms: subunderlease, subsublease, subsubtenancy
- (tenant of) subtenant, undertenant, sublessee, underlessee
- (landlord of) sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, subleaser, underleaser, head tenant, superior tenant
Translations
a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
Verb
sublease (third-person singular simple present subleases, present participle subleasing, simple past and past participle subleased)
- (property law, informal) Synonym of sublet.
- Synonyms: sublet, underlet, (informal) underlease, subtenant
2019 November 20, “Fleet News”, in Rail, page 31:These had been sub-leased from EMR (and previously East Midlands Trains) for more than a year to cover for Mk 4s undergoing planned maintenance.
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