: a lease by a tenant or lessee of part or all of leased premises to another person but with the original tenant retaining some right or interest under the original lease
subleased; subleasing; subleases
: to make or obtain a sublease of
Examples of sublease in a Sentence
Verb
She subleased her apartment to a student for the summer.
The agency subleases office space from a law firm.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
At the same time, for different reasons, Costar shows that U.S. industrial companies have dumped 231 million square feet of industrial space on the market for sublease, a high never seen before in commercial real estate history.
—David Marino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Sep. 2024
Petersen has since taken steps to turn around the business by overhauling its top ranks, implementing layoffs and subleasing excess warehouse space.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Other income was $0.1 million, consistent with the previous year, and consisted of proceeds from a sublease agreement.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
At the same time, for different reasons, Costar shows that U.S. industrial companies have dumped 231 million square feet of industrial space on the market for sublease, a high never seen before in commercial real estate history.
—David Marino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Verb
For many years, the ensemble leased four historic buildings along a bend in the creek, and subleased one of those structures, now assigned to the Waterloo Conservancy, to a Tex-Mex restaurant.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Sep. 2024
Petersen has since taken steps to turn around the business by overhauling its top ranks, implementing layoffs and subleasing excess warehouse space.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Sublease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sublease. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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sublease
noun
sub·lease
ˈsəb-ˌlēs 
: a lease that is given by a tenant or lessee to another person of part or all of the leased premises for a shorter term than that of the original lease and under which some interest is retained compare assignment of lease at assignment
sublease
transitive verb
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