verb
- to rent out (a property) to a tenant, especially when the landlord is also renting from another owner
Usage: chiefly British; transitive verb
Examples
- The tenant decided to overlet part of the apartment to help pay the rent.
- She was able to overlet the spare rooms to international students.
- The lease agreement prohibited him from overletting the property without the landlord's permission.
- Many renters overlet their flats during the summer months.
- The company overletting the office space faced legal issues with the original lessor.