Hire vs. Rent
Difference Between Hire and Rent
Hirenoun
Payment for the temporary use of something.
The sign offered pedalos on hire.Rentnoun
A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
Hirenoun
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
Rentnoun
A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
Hirenoun
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.Rentnoun
(economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
A New York city taxicab license earns more than $10,000 a year in rent.Hirenoun
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.''Rentnoun
An object for which rent is charged or paid.
Hireverb
(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.Rentnoun
(obsolete) Income; revenue.
Hireverb
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.Rentnoun
A tear or rip in some surface.
Hireverb
(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
They hired themselves out as day laborers.They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.Rentnoun
A division or schism.
Hireverb
(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.Rentverb
(transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
Hireverb
(intransitive) To accept employment.
They hired out as day laborers.Rentverb
(transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
Hireverb
engage or hire for work;
They hired two new secretaries in the departmentHow many people has she employed?Rentverb
(transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
Hireverb
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Rentverb
(intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
The house rents for five hundred dollars a month.Hireverb
engage for service under a term of contract;
We took an apartment on a quiet streetLet's rent a carShall we take a guide in Rome?Rentverb
simple past tense and past participle of rend
Rentnoun
a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
Rentnoun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;
there was a rip in his pantsshe had snags in her stockingsRentnoun
the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
Rentnoun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something;
he gave the envelope a vigorous ripRentverb
let for money;
We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroadRentverb
grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;
I am leasing my country estate to some foreignersRentverb
engage for service under a term of contract;
We took an apartment on a quiet streetLet's rent a carShall we take a guide in Rome?Rentverb
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
