to sublet
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4.2
- verb
- /ˈsʌbˌlɛt/
:
subarrendar
- After moving to a new city, I decided to sublet my apartment to help pay the rent.
- sublet an apartment
- sublet a room
- sublet a house
Interestingly, Gino from Speed Weed came to see my pad when I was subletting it.
- Interestingly, Gino from Speed Weed came to see my pad when I was subletting it.
Examples
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So when we moved in, we had to sublet our second bedroom, first to Lola and then to our friend from Harvard.
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I sublet it to a couple of yuppies.
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Well, we were thinking, you could sublet it.
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I had to sublet the place.
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That company, in turn, will sublet them to me.
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Uh, the people who sublet this apartment to me, - do you have their number?
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Have you sublet this apartment?
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You have the right to sublet.
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I sublet it for eleven hundred a month.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's going to sublet my room.
Synonyms
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6.7
Allow someone to live in or use your house for money
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1.8
To allow someone to use a house or room in return for money
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2.1
Allow someone to use a room or building for money
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4.8
To rent part or all of a place you are renting to someone else
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sublet comes from sub- 'under' and let 'to rent', so to sublet is to rent out all or part of your home or office to someone else 'under' your original lease.