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To lease from under a lease. A tenant who leases property to another has sublet.
See also assignment of lease.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The leasing of part or all of the property held by a tenant, as opposed to a landlord, during a portion of his or her unexpired balance of the term of occupancy.

A landlord may prohibit a tenant from subletting the leased premises without the landlord's permission by including such a term in the lease. When subletting is permitted, the original tenant becomes, in effect, the landlord of the sublessee. The sublessee pays the rent to the tenant, not the landlord. The original tenant is not, however, relieved of his or her responsibilities under the original lease with the landlord.

A sublease is different from an assignment where a tenant assigns all of his or her rights under a lease to another. The assignee takes the place of the tenant and must deal with the landlord provided the landlord permits it. The original tenant is no longer responsible to the landlord who consents to the termination of their landlord-tenant relationship.

See: landlord and tenant.

See words rhyming with "sublet."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fremleje, give i underentreprise
n. - fremleje

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderhuren

Français (French)
v. tr. - sous-louer
n. - sous-location

Deutsch (German)
v. - untervermieten
n. - Untermiete

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (νομ.) υπεκμισθώνω

Italiano (Italian)
subaffittare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sublocar

Русский (Russian)
сдавать в поднаем, передавать по субдоговору

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - subarrendar
n. - subarrendar, acción de subarrendar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hyra ut i andra hand, lägga ut på underentreprenör

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转租入, 转租出, 转租的房屋

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 轉租入, 轉租出
n. - 轉租的房屋

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 전대하다, 하청주다
n. - 전대, 하청

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 転貸, 転借
v. - 転貸する, 下請けに出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تأجير من الباطن, تأجير ثانوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השכיר לדייר-משנה, העביר לקבלן-משנה‬
n. - ‮השכרה של נדל"ן מדייר לדייר-משנה, נדל"ן שהושכר לדייר-משנה‬

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