: 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
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Verb
She subleased her apartment to a student for the summer.
The agency subleases office space from a law firm.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
And a spokesperson for Meta confirmed that the company this year sublet roughly 80,000 square feet to Perplexity AI, one of the biggest chunks of the company’s sublease to be absorbed so far.
—Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
The two rivals first met in the 1921 World Series, which was so long ago that: a) the format was best-of-nine, and b) all eight games were played at the Polo Grounds, which the Yanks were still subleasing from their National League counterparts.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The availability rate is a combination of spaces that are empty and being offered directly for lease, spaces that are offered for sublease, and spaces that will soon be empty because the tenant is exiting the site or downsizing.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
And a spokesperson for Meta confirmed that the company this year sublet roughly 80,000 square feet to Perplexity AI, one of the biggest chunks of the company’s sublease to be absorbed so far.
—Laura Waxmann, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
Ensurge has been seeking to sublease the building, according to real estate sources.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
The two rivals first met in the 1921 World Series, which was so long ago that: a) the format was best-of-nine, and b) all eight games were played at the Polo Grounds, which the Yanks were still subleasing from their National League counterparts.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Sublease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sublease. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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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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