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subletting

subletting is the present participle and gerund of sublet.

Meaning of sublet

Verb

sublet (third-person singular simple present sublets, present participle subletting, simple past and past participle sublet)

  1. (transitive) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

See all 2 meanings of sublet

Noun

subletting (plural sublettings)

  1. Synonym of sublease.
    • […] there are sublettings, overcrowdings of lands, clearances, and emigrations going on; and want of employment, with consequent destitution and wretchedness is the complaint of the majority of the inhabitants.1846, Thomas Campbell Foster, Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland, page 270

Synonyms of subletting

Forms of subletting

pluralsublettings

Questions about subletting

What does subletting mean?
Subletting means synonym of sublease.
What is subletting the present participle and gerund of?
Subletting is the present participle and gerund of sublet.
What part of speech is subletting?
Subletting is a noun.
What is the plural of subletting?
The plural of subletting is sublettings.

Words near subletting in the dictionary

  1. Sublette
  2. Sublette County
  3. subletter
  4. sublettering
  5. subletters
  6. subletting
  7. sublettings
  8. sublettor
  9. sublettors
  10. Subletts
  11. sublevate

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