: 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
subleased; subleasing; subleases
: to make or obtain a sublease of
Examples of sublease in a Sentence
Verb
She subleased her apartment to a student for the summer.
The agency subleases office space from a law firm.
Recent Examples on the Web
David Marino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Its leasing activity has been affected by the tower's opening around the time Duke University put much of its space up for sublease during the pandemic, said Jeff Sheehan, a managing partner at Trinity Capital, one of the investors in the building.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
The Information report also said Flexport was subleasing excess warehouse space as part of the fulfillment overhaul, as the company aims to drive down operating costs and spurn more profitable growth.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
At the same time, for different reasons, Costar shows that U.S. industrial companies have dumped 231 million square feet of industrial space on the market for sublease, a high never seen before in commercial real estate history.
—David Marino, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Its leasing activity has been affected by the tower's opening around the time Duke University put much of its space up for sublease during the pandemic, said Jeff Sheehan, a managing partner at Trinity Capital, one of the investors in the building.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
Petersen has since taken steps to turn around the business by overhauling its top ranks, implementing layoffs and subleasing excess warehouse space.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2024
The Information report also said Flexport was subleasing excess warehouse space as part of the fulfillment overhaul, as the company aims to drive down operating costs and spurn more profitable growth.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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sublease
noun
sub·lease
ˈsəb-ˌlēs 
: a lease that is given by a tenant or lessee to another person of part or all of the leased premises for a shorter term than that of the original lease and under which some interest is retained compare assignment of lease at assignment
sublease
transitive verb
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