relet

American  

[ree-let] / ˌriˈlɛt /

verb (used with object)

1. to rent or lease (land, buildings, rooms, space, etc.) again, or to renew a lease or rental agreement for.

   The judge ruled that the landlord was not entitled to any damages because he had successfully relet the apartment.

   Full payment is required if you cancel within seven days of your arrival date and we are unable to relet your room.

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Etymology

Origin of relet

re- ( def. ) + let ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

Many institutional investors don’t want to spend the money needed to refurbish even a high-quality office to get it relet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

But two and a half years later, with Canada at war, the Winnipeg Free Press broke the story that the old Bren gun contract had been canceled and relet on a management-fee basis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sometimes the contract was relet, sometimes the government completed it by day work.

From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

George Edwards had an idea that the Indian awards could again be relet to advantage, and started for the capital, while the major and I journeyed on south.

From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy

So far Melrose had been fairly amenable—had given a curt assent, for instance, to the conditions on which Faversham had proposed to relet two of the vacant farms, and to one or two other changes.

From The Mating of Lydia by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.