UNDERLEASE

Etymology

Noun

underlease (plural underleases)

(legal) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; a sublease.

Verb

underlease (third-person singular simple present underleases, present participle underleasing, simple past and past participle underleased)

To sublease.

Anagrams

• unreleased, unresealed

Source: Wiktionary


Un"der*lease, n. (Law)

Definition: A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RAREFACTION

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