car hire

Temporary automobile lease

Car hire is the British term for what Americans call car rental—the service of temporarily using a vehicle for a fee.

The phrase works as both noun and modifier: We'll need car hire for the weekend, a car hire company at the airport.

Related

rentalPaid temporary use
bookingAdvance arrangement secured
reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
taxiVehicle for hire
vehicleMeans of transport

insurance · collision damage · carsharing · roadside assistance · lease · pickup · SUV · rental agreement · contract · drop-off · automobile · Zipcar · economy class · chauffeur service · electric vehicle · petrol · fleet · weekend

Categories

car rentalrental period, pickup, dropoff, drop-off, van rental
freight railfreight train, boxcar, boxcars, flatcar, flatcars
Irish InfrastructureDART, Dublin Airport, motorways, national roads, trains
railcarsrailcars, railcar, rolling stock, boxcars, flatcars
Scottish TransportStagecoach, A1

Opposites

ownership vs. temporary use

car hirecar ownership

Legally having a vehicle

car buying · car financing · car leasing · car lease

vehicle acquisition method

car hireprivate sale

Transaction without public offering

direction of service

car hirefleet management

Supervising organizational vehicles collectively

Family

car, hire, hired, cars, hiring, hires, hirer, hirers, car rental

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G