re-let

See also: relet

English

Etymology

re- +‎ let

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To let anew (as a house).
   • 2020 August 12, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Dispensation extension for EMR HSTs and Welsh Pacers”, in Rail, page 16:

     The EMR HST fleet should by now have been replaced by electric multiple units that would have been ordered had the East Midlands franchise been re-let in 2014 as planned, rather than being the subject of a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

Anagrams

• Ertel, Ertle