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hire car

hire car noun: a car that is hired, or available for hire.

Noun

hire car (plural hire cars)

  1. (Australia, UK) A car that is hired, or available for hire.
    • Mr. Raymond said that he had been encouraged by the number of tourists in Britain who had been making their long-distance journeys to holiday or touring centres by rail and picking up self-drive hire cars at the further rail terminal.1963 December, “News and Comment: Door-to-door travel planning”, in Modern Railways, page 366
    Synonyms:
    rental car

Synonyms of hire car

Forms of hire car

pluralhire cars

Questions about hire car

What does hire car mean?
Hire car means a car that is hired, or available for hire.
What part of speech is hire car?
Hire car is a noun.
What is the plural of hire car?
The plural of hire car is hire cars.

Words near hire car in the dictionary

  1. hirds
  2. hirdum-dirdum
  3. hirdy-girdies
  4. hirdy-girdy
  5. hire
  6. hire car
  7. hire cars
  8. hire out
  9. hire purchase
  10. hire purchases
  11. hire system

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