Hire vs. Rent

Hire vs. Rent — Is There a Difference?
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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.
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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.

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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 stockings

Rentnoun

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 rip

Rentverb

let for money;

We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad

Rentverb

grant use or occupation of under a term of contract;

I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners

Rentverb

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