sublessee

sublessee — noun

1. someone who rents a room, office, shop, or other space from a person who already

1.名詞C1
釋義

someone who rents a room, office, shop, or other space from a person who already holds the main lease, instead of renting it straight from the owner.

例句

Bao was the sublessee and paid the main tenant each month.

sublessee as payer under a secondary rental arrangement

The sublessee could use the back office until the summer term ended.

sublessee + could use [space] during a fixed period

同義詞
  • subtenant

    the more common everyday term for someone renting from another tenant

  • tenant

    broader everyday word that does not itself show the extra lease layer

  • undertenant

    older or more technical legal term, especially in British contexts

反義詞
  • sublessor

    the person who grants the sublease to the sublessee

  • lessor

    the owner or party that grants the main lease rather than renting under it

文法句型

sublessee of [space]

sublessee under [sublease]

用法筆記

Common in contracts and property disputes, especially when one tenant rents part or all of a place to someone else. The person above the sublessee in the chain is usually the main tenant or lessee, not the building owner.

常見錯誤

❌The sublessee pays rent straight to the landlord.
✅The sublessee usually pays the main tenant under the sublease.
💡a sublessee rents from the original tenant, not directly from the owner.
❌The sublessee signed the first lease for the whole building.
✅The main lessee signed the first lease, and the sublessee joined later under a sublease.
💡a sublessee enters through a second agreement.