- subtenant
- sub|ten|ant [ sʌb`tenənt ] noun countsomeone who rents a house, room, or apartment from a TENANT (=the person who is already renting it from the owner)
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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subtenant — sub·ten·ant /ˌsəb te nənt/ n: one who rents property from a tenant of the property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. subtenant … Law dictionary
subtenant — sub‧ten‧ant [ˌsʌbˈtenənt] noun [countable] PROPERTY someone who pays rent for an office, apartment etc to the person who is renting it from the owner: • The bank financing the deal demanded the power to approve all future subtenants. * * *… … Financial and business terms
Subtenant — Sub*ten ant, n. (Law) One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subtenant — /subtenant/ An under tenant; one who leases all or a part of the rented premises from the original lessee for a term less than that held by the latter. Peak v. Gaddy, 152 Okl. 138, 3 P.2d 1042,1043. See sublease … Black's law dictionary
subtenant — ► NOUN ▪ a person who leases property from a tenant … English terms dictionary
subtenant — [sub′ten΄ənt] n. a person who rents from a tenant; tenant of a tenant subtenancy n … English World dictionary
subtenant — UK [ˌsʌbˈtenənt] / US [sʌbˈtenənt] noun [countable] Word forms subtenant : singular subtenant plural subtenants someone who rents a house, room, or flat from a tenant (= the person who is already renting it from the owner) … English dictionary
subtenant — noun Date: 15th century one who rents from a tenant … New Collegiate Dictionary
subtenant — subtenancy, n. /sub ten euhnt/, n. a person who rents land, a house, or the like, from a tenant. [1400 50; late ME. See SUB , TENANT] * * * … Universalium
subtenant — noun Someone who sublets, a person who rents from a tenant … Wiktionary
subtenant — sub|ten|ant [ˌsʌbˈtenənt] n someone who pays rent for an apartment, office etc to the person who is renting it from the owner >subtenancy n [U and C] … Dictionary of contemporary English
