SINCE 1828
sublet
verb
sub·let
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sublet;
subletting
Definition of sublet
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to lease or rent all or part of a leased or rented property
sublet
noun
sub·let
| \ ˈsəb-ˌlet
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\
Definition of sublet (Entry 2 of 2)
: property and especially housing obtained by or available through a sublease
Examples of sublet in a Sentence
Verb
She sublet her apartment to a student for the summer. He asked his landlord if he could sublet. The agency sublets office space from a law firm in the building. I need someone to sublet my apartment for the summer.Noun
I'm looking for a sublet since I'm only going to be here for the summer.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Danesghar worked with Ainza on the transition, giving Dance Arts and the Marat Daukayev School of Ballet, which sublets studios, more time to close out the spring semester and final tap workshop. — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, "Dance studios are the latest pushed out by L.A.'s skyrocketing real estate," 3 July 2019 Sebastian Bear-McClard, though, has been subletting the second floor of the former manufacturing building since 2013, according to the New York Post. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Here’s How Emily Ratajkowski Got Out of Paying Her $5k Rent," 5 Mar. 2019 In 2016, Airbnb launched its Airbnb Friendly Building Program, which lets United States landlords authorize their tenants to sublet on Airbnb, in exchange for a cut of the profits. — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, "Airbnb's Newest Weapon Against Regulation: The Real Estate Industry," 3 July 2018 Residents who sublet their units on Airbnb would pay the company 25 percent of their home-sharing income, in exchange for access to the same hotel-style amenities visitors would receive. — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, "Airbnb's Newest Weapon Against Regulation: The Real Estate Industry," 3 July 2018 Now, Parisian renters can request Airbnb-friendly leases, which explicitly allow a renter to sublet an apartment on the platform. — Jessi Hempel, WIRED, "Airbnb's Newest Weapon Against Regulation: The Real Estate Industry," 3 July 2018 The eviction suit says PharmaTech at some point sublet the space to ANDAPharm, which failed to pay rent owed on May 1. — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, "More lawsuits filed against South Florida drug maker accused of selling contaminated medicines," 29 June 2018 Bungalow’s not-so-short-term subletting approach, then, allows it to maneuver its way into a city without disturbing the powers at be. — Jennifer Van Grove, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Is this the only way millennials can live in a house?," 24 May 2018 Shinjuku ward prohibits hosts living in residential areas from renting out their homes Mondays through Thursdays, reducing potential profits from subletting an apartment. — Mayumi Negishi, WSJ, "Japan Says Airbnb Had Plenty of Warning About New Licensing Law," 11 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Gary was born on January 16, 1980, in Westchester, New York, and passed away in his Bushwick sublet. — Danielle Kraese, The New Yorker, "A Perfect, Preëmptive Obituary for My Ex-Boyfriend," 18 June 2019 So, when my parents dropped me off at a studio sublet on the Upper East Side almost eight years ago, my quest for my New York City family began against the backdrop of having the freedom to date for the first time. — New York Times, "True Tales of ‘Sex and the City’," 6 June 2018 Paris followed through in April of this year, filing a lawsuit against Airbnb over the tens of thousands of unregistered listings on the site, a majority of which were sublets. — Nick Statt, The Verge, "Airbnb is linking up with Century 21 to comply with strict French regulations," 26 June 2018 The office of student affairs at your school may also point to off-campus housing solutions including short-term sublets, apartments, youth shelters or room shares. — Washington Post, "Where college students can find emergency money and housing," 1 May 2018 Elsewhere in the Capitol, a Senate committee got a chance to ask questions of Scott Pruitt, the energy-industry sublet now in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Now Paul Ryan Is Casually Throwing Around the Word 'Cleanse'," 30 Jan. 2018 First, in Wisconsin, the state legislature, which is chock-full of extraction industry sublets, is about to pass something called the Industrial Acid Mining Bill, which is every bit as horrible as its name implies. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Yet Another Environmental Disaster-in-Waiting," 16 Oct. 2017 But there’s little question that the country’s real owners have abandoned all discretion in the use of their governmental sublets. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "It's Not the Money, It's the Power," 8 Dec. 2017 The grant helped defray airfare, her summer sublet and other expenses. — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, "When Internships Don’t Pay, Some Colleges Will," 2 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sublet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sublet
verb
English Language Learners Definition of sublet
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to allow someone to use (an apartment, house, etc., that you are renting) for a period of time in return for payment
: to use (an apartment, house, etc., that is rented by someone) in return for payment
sublet
noun
English Language Learners Definition of sublet (Entry 2 of 2)
: an apartment, house, etc., that you sublet from someone
See the full definition for sublet in the English Language Learners Dictionary
sublet
verb
sub·let
| \ ˈsəb-ˌlet
\
\
sublet;
subletting
Legal Definition of sublet
: to make or obtain a sublease of
: to lease all or part of a leased property
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