In the mathematical theory of probability and measure, a sub-probability measure is a measure that is closely related to probability measures.
While probability measures always assign the value 1 to the underlying set, sub-probability measures assign a value lesser than or equal to 1 to the underlying set.
is called a sub-probability measure if
{\displaystyle {\text{probability}}\implies {\text{sub-probability}}\implies {\text{finite}}\implies \sigma {\text{-finite}}}
So every probability measure is a sub-probability measure, but the converse is not true.
Also every sub-probability measure is a finite measure and a σ-finite measure, but the converse is again not true.