letting
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letting
- present participle and gerund of let
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letting (plural lettings)
- (UK) Synonym of tenancy.
- Hyponyms: sublease, underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, (informal) sublet, underlet
- 2002 June 15, John Cranage, “No fear of slump in lettings”, in Birmingham Post[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2016:
- House lettings are holding up despite fears that the buy-to-let boom could be running out of steam, according to specialist lender Paragon Mortgages.
- (US, dated) The award of a public contract
- 1937 February 6, Walker Wood, “Capitol Activities”, in Woodville Republican[2], page 1:
- Another letting is announced to occur, probably on the 23rd of February, and at both of these lettings, contracts aggregating more than two million dollars are to be awarded.