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1sublease
noun sub·lease \ˈsəb-ˈlēs, -ˌlēs\
: a legal agreement by which someone who is renting an apartment, house, etc., is allowed to rent it to someone else for a period of time
Full Definition of SUBLEASE
: a lease by a tenant or lessee of part or all of leased premises to another person but with the original tenant retaining some right or interest under the original lease
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First Known Use of SUBLEASE
1826
Rhymes with SUBLEASE
apiece, at peace, Burmese, camise, caprice, cassis, cerise, chemise, Chinese, Cochise, codpiece, coulisse, crosspiece, decease, decrease, degrease, Dumfries, earpiece, eyepiece, fieldpiece, grandniece, hairpiece, headpiece, heelpiece, increase, lend-lease, Maltese, Matisse, Maurice, mouthpiece, nosepiece, obese, one-piece, pastis, pelisse, police, re-lease, release, seapiece, set piece, shankpiece, showpiece, sidepiece, stringpiece, surcease, tailpiece, think piece, timepiece, toepiece, three-piece, two-piece, valise, wool grease, workpiece
2sublease
transitive verb
Definition of SUBLEASE
: to make or obtain a sublease of
First Known Use of SUBLEASE
circa 1843
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