Definition of "sublet" []

• To rent (property one holds by lease) to another. (verb-transitive)
• To subcontract (work). (verb-transitive)
• Property, especially an apartment, rented by a tenant to another party. (noun)

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• "In August 2010, he responded to a Craigslist ad and moved his family into a two-bedroom Little Italy unit above retail shops on a short-term sublet agreement, says the landlord, who asked not to be identified fearing repercussions from her own landlord."
• "One of her friends, she said, found a short-term sublet on the site, put down a $1,000 deposit, received the keys, and returned the next to day to find new locks."
• "How can I find a short-term sublet not using Craiglist?"