subtenant

See also: sub-tenant

English

Alternative forms

• sub-tenant

Etymology

From sub- +‎ tenant.

Noun

subtenant (plural subtenants)

2. (property law) A tenant of a sublease.

   Synonyms: undertenant, sublessee, underlessee

   Antonyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, head tenant, superior tenant, (informal) subleaser, underleaser

   Hypernyms: tenant, lessee

   Hyponyms: subundertenant, subsubtenant, subunderlessee, subsublessee

Related terms

• sublease, underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, sublet, underlet

Translations

one who holds a sublease

Bulgarian: пренаемател m (prenaematel) Czech: podnájemník (cs) m Danish: fremlejer c Finnish: alivuokralainen German: Untermieter (de) m, Untermieterin (de) f Hungarian: albérlő (hu) Irish: fothionónta m Italian: subaffittuario m, subinquilino m Manx: fo-leesee m Polish: podnajemca m, podnajemczyni f Scottish Gaelic: ath-ghabhalach m Serbo-Croatian: подстанар m (podstanar), подстанарка f (podstanarka)

Verb

subtenant (third-person singular simple present subtenants, present participle subtenanting, simple past and past participle subtenanted)

1. (property law, informal) Synonym of sublet.

   Synonyms: sublet, underlet, (informal) sublease, underlease