Definition of SUBTENANT

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Recent Examples on the Web In California, lessees are permitted to host short-term guests through sites like Airbnb, and there is a legal process for master tenants to evict subtenants, just as there is a process for owners to evict lessees. — Pete Grieve, SFChronicle.com, "Woman charged with staging Mountain View home invasion described plans on social media," 29 Aug. 2019 The owner of the building in dispute was actually a black Pentecostal church, whose leaders had asked a Jewish tenant to evict a black subtenant, who enlisted the aid of Sharpton and other race-baiters to whip up street protests. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "Al Sharpton Is Not a Civil-Rights Hero," 31 July 2019 WeWork and its peers are typically on the hook for fixed rents of 10 to 15 years, but their subtenants can bolt after only a fraction of that time, potentially leaving co-working companies stuck with empty space for long stretches. — Eliot Brown, WSJ, "WeWork Surpasses JPMorgan as Biggest Occupier of Manhattan Office Space," 18 Sep. 2018 Tesla, which runs the plant, now employs about a fifth of that number — between 600 and 700 employees — working with Panasonic, which is a subtenant. — New York Times, "Cuomo’s ‘Buffalo Billion’: Is New York Getting Its Money’s Worth?," 2 July 2018 With membership votes, apathy is often a problem, and can stymie good ideas. Evicting a member’s tenant (or subtenant) would require an injunction. — Kelly Gl Richardson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "HOA Homefront: Can we control short-term rentals?," 14 Apr. 2018 In a corner workstation were two subtenants, glassblowers who specialize in brain-meltingly elaborate bongs. — Andy Newman, New York Times, "Can Gowanus Survive Its Renaissance?," 13 Oct. 2017 The Post holds a long-term lease of several floors in the building but has inked deals with several subtenants in recent years. — Jon Murray, The Denver Post, "City clinches lease deal for Denver Post newsroom and ad offices," 7 June 2017

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“Subtenant.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subtenant. Accessed 24 January 2020.