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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To sublet (property).
  • transitive verb To rent (property) under a sublease.
  • noun A lease of property granted by a lessee.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, an under-lease; a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee or tenant.
  • To underlease.

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

  • noun (Law) A lease by a tenant or lessee to another person; an underlease.

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

  • noun A lease on something made by someone who already leases it.
  • verb To lease something that is already leased; to sublet.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person
  • noun a lease from one lessee to another

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ lease

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