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The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: car hire
Antonyms: none provided
A business that hires out automobiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a rented car
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hire car, rent-a-car, self-drive, u-drive, you-drive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lease, rental, letting
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَأْجِير سَيَّارَات
(taʔjīr sayyārāt)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Chinese Mandarin:
汽車租賃 /汽车租赁
(qìchē zūlìn)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Chinese Mandarin:
租車 /租车
(zūchē)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Danish:
biludlejning
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Dutch:
autoverhuur
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Finnish:
autonvuokraus
— hiring of cars for short periods
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French:
location de voiture
— hiring of cars for short periods
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German:
Autovermietung
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Italian:
autonoleggio
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Japanese:
レンタカー
(rentakā)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Korean:
렌터카
(renteoka)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Macedonian:
изнајмување автомоби́л
(iznajmuvanje avtomobíl)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Polish:
wynajem samochodów
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Portuguese:
locação de veículos
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Portuguese:
locação de carros
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Russian:
прока́т автомоби́лей
(prokát avtomobílej)
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Spanish:
alquiler de vehículos
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Swedish:
biluthyrning
— hiring of cars for short periods
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Chinese Mandarin:
租車行 /租车行
— business
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Finnish:
autovuokraamo
— business
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French:
location de voiture
— business
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Polish:
wypożyczalnia samochodów
— business
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Portuguese:
locadora de veículos/carros
— business
