SUBLEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sublease mean? 

• SUBLEASE (noun)
  The noun SUBLEASE has 1 sense:

1. a lease from one lessee to another

  Familiarity information: SUBLEASE used as a noun is very rare.

• SUBLEASE (verb)
  The verb SUBLEASE has 1 sense:

1. lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person

  Familiarity information: SUBLEASE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBLEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lease from one lessee to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

sublease; sublet

Hypernyms ("sublease" is a kind of...):

lease; letting; rental (property that is leased or rented out or let)

Derivation:

sublease (lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person)

• SUBLEASE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sublease    ... he / she / it subleases   
Past simple: subleased   
Past participle: subleased   
-ing form: subleasing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

sublease; sublet

Context example:

We sublet our apartment over the summer

Hypernyms (to "sublease" is one way to...):

lease; let; rent (grant use or occupation of under a term of contract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

sublease (a lease from one lessee to another)