re-let

verb

To let anew (as a house).

OriginEnglish let ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbre-let (third-person singular simple present re-lets, present participle re-letting, simple past and past participle re-let)

present singular third person re-lets · participle present re-letting

  1. transitiveTo let anew (as a house).

    The EMR HST fleet should by now have been replaced by electric multiple units that would have been ordered had the East Midlands franchise been re-let in 2014 as planned, rather than being the subject of a succession of Direct Awards.

    2020 August 12, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Dispensation extension for EMR HSTs and Welsh Pacers”, in Rail, page 16

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishlet
  7. Englishre-let

From re- + let.

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APA

re-let. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-let

MLA

“re-let.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-let. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-let,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-let.

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