sublet

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sub·let /sʌbˈlet/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp sublet, present participle subletting) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

BFto rent to someone else a property that you rent from its owner 将〔租来的物业〕转租，分租

sublet something to somebody

I sublet my apartment to my sister, packed my van, and headed west.

我把公寓转租给姐姐，将行李装了车，西行而去。

—sublet /ˈsʌblet/ noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

sublet• The company hopes to sublet a sixth building it does not own, she said.• I sublet my apartment to my sister, packed my van, and headed west.• We sublet our New York apartment and gave up the one in Philadelphia.• He figured it must be her friend Germaine, the one she sublet the apartment from.• He and his family lived in a three-story house near the Old Market, and they sublet the top floor to Langford.• The third call is for the woman who sublet while Primo was away.

From Longman Business Dictionary

subletsub·let /sʌbˈlet/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp sublet or subletted, present participle subletting) [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PROPERTY

to rent property that you rent from its owner to another person

Efforts by the remaining partners to sublet the building failed.

—sublet noun [countableC]

The showroom is a short-term sublet.

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