underlet

[ uhn-der-let ]

verb (used with object)

, un·der·let, un·der·let·ting.

1. to let below the true value.
2. to sublet.

underlet

/ ˌʌndəˈlɛt /

verb

1. to let for a price lower than expected or justified
2. a less common word for sublet

Derived Forms

• ˈunderˌletter, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of underlet¹

First recorded in 1670–80; under- + let ¹

Example Sentences

Now that I was left wholly to myself, I gave notice of my intention to quit the chambers in the Temple as soon as my tenancy could legally determine, and in the meanwhile to underlet them.

From Literature

On the completion of the improvements the selector becomes entitled to a lease of the farm, and may thereafter mortgage it; or, with the permission of the Minister, may subdivide or transfer it; or, with the approval of the Court, may underlet it.

From Project Gutenberg

When a Grazing Farm is enclosed in the manner required, the selector becomes entitled to a lease of it, and may thereafter mortgage it; or, with the permission of the Minister, may subdivide or transfer it; or, with the approval of the Court, may underlet it.

From Project Gutenberg

Underlet, un-dėr-let′, v.t. to let below the proper value: to sublet.—ns.

From Project Gutenberg

Bales probably rented the house, and underlet such portions as he did not require; for at the end of Ripley’s Compound of Alchemy, 1591, Rabbards, the translator, asks those who had any corrections to suggest in the text to send them to him at the house of Peter Bales.

From Project Gutenberg