rental shop

Temporary equipment outlet

A rental shop is a business that lends items for temporary use in exchange for payment—equipment, tools, vehicles, or costumes.

The term emphasizes the physical storefront: I picked up the skis at the rental shop.

Also called a rental store or hire shop (British).

Related

counter · deposit · security deposit · equipment · skis · costumes · DVDs · video store · inventory · hourly · daily · weekly · price list · late · late fee · fee · storefront · checkout

Categories
Opposites
ownership transfer model

rental shopretail store

Commercial sales establishment

shop · retailer · showroom · vendor · dealership

commercial vs. free acquisition

rental shopdonation center

Facility receiving charitable contributions

free store · charity shop · thrift store · lending library

commercial vs. non-commercial access

rental shoppublic library

Free community book repository

lending library · tool library · toy library

Family

rental, shop, rent, renter, rents, rented, renting, rentable, shops

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G