Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The receiver or holder of a sublease.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A holder of a sublease.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One to whom a property is subleased.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ lessee

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Examples

  • In the end, I think my former roommate captured it best when he wrote an e-mail to a potential sublessee describing me: “Armen — Caucasian guy as in ... he is actually from the Caucases” Of course, a CHP officer in Fresno marked “other” on a traffic citation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » OK, Parse This for an Israeli or Armenian Lawyer Who Works at Your Firm: 2007

  • If you develop a serious scum problem—you have been ill or your housecleaner has abused your confidence or your sublessee did not get around to it for three months—you may need to take special steps.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • If you develop a serious scum problem—you have been ill or your housecleaner has abused your confidence or your sublessee did not get around to it for three months—you may need to take special steps.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • If you develop a serious scum problem—you have been ill or your housecleaner has abused your confidence or your sublessee did not get around to it for three months—you may need to take special steps.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • If you develop a serious scum problem—you have been ill or your housecleaner has abused your confidence or your sublessee did not get around to it for three months—you may need to take special steps.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • But probably the biggest drawback to the place when the broker was trying to sell it was the flighty English sublessee and his frequently visiting uncle, who made showing the apartment difficult.

    Sopranos Suburb? 2002

  • He's still financially responsible for the remaining lease and hopes to find a sublessee.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • He's still financially responsible for the remaining lease and hopes to find a sublessee.

    Fore, right! 2010

  • Associates LLC represented the sub-lessor and Ed Boeder of Prudential Florida Realty represented the sublessee.

    unknown title 2009

  • But most of WaMu's space in the tower already has been subleased, Johnson said, and standard leases contain language making the sublessee the direct tenant if the old primary tenant can't perform.

    Yakima Herald-Republic Weekly News By Melissa Allison and Eric Pryne 2008

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