a lease of property made by a person who is himself or herself a lessee or tenant of that property
to grant a sublease of (property); sublet - (transitive)
to take, obtain, or hold by sublease
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sub•lease /n. ˈsʌbˌlis; v. sʌbˈlis/USA pronunciation
n., v., -leased, -leas•ing.
n. [countable]
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [countable]
- Lawa lease granted to another by the person leasing a property.
v.
- Lawto grant a sublease of: [~ + object (+ to + object ) ]The present tenant subleased his apartment (to a friend).[no object]We weren't allowed to sublease while we lived there.
- Lawto take or hold a sublease of: [~ + object (+ from + object ) ]John subleased our apartment (from us).[no object]John didn't want to sublease; he wanted to buy his own place.
sub•lease
(n. sub′lēs′;v. sub lēs′),USA pronunciation n., v., -leased, -leas•ing.
n.
v.t.
sub•les•see
(sub′le sē′),USA pronunciation n.
sub•les•sor
(sub les′ôr, sub′le sôr′),USA pronunciation n.
n.
- Lawa lease granted by one who is already a lessee of a property, as an apartment.
v.t.
- Lawto grant a sublease of.
- Lawto take or hold a sublease of.
- sub- + lease 1820–30
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