Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense sublets, present participle sublettinglanguage note: The form sublet is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb.
verb
If you sublet a building or part of a building, you allow someone to use it and you take rent from them, although you are not the owner and pay rent for it yourself.
The company rented the building, occupied part and sublet the rest. [VERB noun]
sublet in British English
verb (sʌbˈlɛt)Word forms: -lets, -letting or -let
1.
to grant a sublease of (property)
2.
to let out (work, etc) under a subcontract
noun (ˈsʌbˌlɛt)
3. informal, mainly US
a sublease
sublet in American English
(sʌbˈlɛt; ˈsʌbˌlɛt)
verb transitiveWord forms: subˈlet or subˈletting
1.
to let to another (property which one is renting)
2.
to let out (work) to a subcontractor
Examples of 'sublet' in a sentence
sublet
They sublet the other rooms, but still he was short of money.
Emecheta, Buchi GWENDOLEN (2002)
We've had to sublet most of the rest of the building and I've been looking after the shop on a sort of care and maintenance basis.
Dobbs, Michael WALL GAMES (2002)
Carmen lived by herself in the small apartment Rose sublet to her over the restaurant.