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rent-a-car

UK/ˈrɛntəˌkɑː/US/ˈrentəˌkɑːr/

rent-a-car noun: synonym of rental car.

Noun

rent-a-car (plural rent-a-cars)

  1. Synonym of rental car.
    • However, the Government will permit […] rent-a-car operators other than Avis, to arrange for the pick-up of customers of any such operators at the Airport so that such customers may avail themselves of rent-a-cars of operators other than Avis […]1962, Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with Report of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Court of Claims Cases, volume 157, page 180
    • […] rent-a-cars are returned to the airport from downtown […] Estimated distribution of rent-a-cars by number of passengers1969, System Development Corporation, Skylounge legal, technical, and financial supplementary study (page 112)
    Synonyms:
    rental car

Synonyms of rent-a-car

Forms of rent-a-car

pluralrent-a-cars

Origin of rent-a-car

Originally a trademark.

Questions about rent-a-car

What does rent-a-car mean?
Rent-a-car means synonym of rental car.
What part of speech is rent-a-car?
Rent-a-car is a noun.
How do you pronounce rent-a-car?
Rent-a-car is pronounced /ˈrentəˌkɑːr/ (US).
What is the plural of rent-a-car?
The plural of rent-a-car is rent-a-cars.

Words near rent-a-car in the dictionary

  1. rent seeking
  2. rent strike
  3. rent strikes
  4. Rent's rule
  5. rent-a-
  6. rent-a-car
  7. rent-a-cars
  8. rent-a-cop
  9. rent-a-cops
  10. rent-a-crowd
  11. rent-a-crowds

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