sublessor

• sub-lessor

From sub- +‎ lessor.

sublessor (plural sublessors)

1. (property law) A tenant (or lessee) that grants a sublease; one who sublets.

   Synonyms: underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser, (as tenant) head tenant, superior tenant

   Antonyms: subtenant, undertenant, sublessee, underlessee

   Hypernyms: lessor, landlord

   Hyponyms: subunderlessor, subsublessor, subsublandlord

   • 2009 January 18, Joyce Cohen, “Run Away and Join the City”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The sublessor insisted on being there.

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