underletadj.
/ˈʌndəlɛt/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌlɛt/ Let in or inserted beneath.
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adjective] > beneath
underlet1884
1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 347/2 Window-curtains of pale greenish-white satin, with underlet appliqués of other pale-hued silks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
underletv.
/ˌʌndəˈlɛt/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈlɛt/ 1. transitive. To let at an amount or rental below the true or full value.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] > below true or full value
underlet1677
1677 Sir H. Capell in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 128 Ormond..abusing King in underletting the excise to the value of 300,000 lbs. per annum.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 103. ⁋14 He..knows how much one man's cellar is robbed by his butler, and the land of another underlet by his Steward.
1791 Rep. Comm. Thames-Isis Navig. 24 The Two Pound Locks, Tolls, &c. at Ifley and Sandford..were previously much under-let.
1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xiii. 181 Agricultural land in England is rather under than over let.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1876) vi. §5. 320 The land indeed had been greatly underlet.
2. To let to a sub-tenant; to sublet.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > hire or rent out [verb (transitive)] > sub-let
tavern1534
subset1681
sublet1766
sub-rent1788
underset1809
sub-demise1818
underlease1819
underlet1819
sublease1824
sublet1826
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII. at Underletting That tenants should have the power of underletting or assigning the farms.
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 400/1 The merchant may load with his own goods or those of others, or he may underlet the ship altogether.
a1887 R. Jefferies Toilers of Field (1892) 253 No allotment, or any part thereof shall be under-let or exchanged.
Derivatives
underˈletter n. (Smart 1836).
underˈletting n.
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society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > leasing > subletting or subleasing
taverning1575
undersettling1576
under-renting1641
subseta1722
subsettinga1722
subletting1798
sub-renting1812
underletting1819
1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII. (at cited word) By a subset or underletting there, the principal tenant or tacksman is not changed.
1883 Law Times 27 Oct. 433/1 Covenants against assignments and underlettings without the landlord's consent.
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