car rental

noun

The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.

Meanings

nouncar rental (countable and uncountable, plural car rentals)

plural car rentals

  1. UScountableuncountableThe hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.

    Synonyms: car hire

  2. countableuncountableA business that hires out automobiles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna rented car

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic تَأْجِير سَيَّارَات
  • تَأْجِير سَيَّارَات (taʔjīr sayyārāt)hiring of cars for short periods
Chinese Mandarin 汽車租賃 /汽车租赁, 租車 /租车
  • 汽車租賃 /汽车租赁 (qìchē zūlìn)hiring of cars for short periods
  • 租車 /租车 (zūchē)hiring of cars for short periods
  • 租車行 /租车行business
Danish biludlejning
  • biludlejninghiring of cars for short periods
Dutch autoverhuur
  • autoverhuurhiring of cars for short periods
Finnish autonvuokraus, autovuokraamo
  • autonvuokraushiring of cars for short periods
  • autovuokraamobusiness
French location de voiture, location de voiture
  • location de voiturehiring of cars for short periods
  • location de voiturebusiness
German Autovermietung
  • Autovermietunghiring of cars for short periods
Italian autonoleggio
  • autonoleggiohiring of cars for short periods
Japanese レンタカー
  • レンタカー (rentakā)hiring of cars for short periods
Korean 렌터카
  • 렌터카 (renteoka)hiring of cars for short periods
Polish wynajem samochodów, wypożyczalnia samochodów
  • wynajem samochodówhiring of cars for short periods
  • wypożyczalnia samochodówbusiness
Portuguese locação de veículos, locação de carros
  • locação de veículoshiring of cars for short periods
  • locação de carroshiring of cars for short periods
  • locadora de veículos/carrosbusiness
Russian прока́т автомоби́лей
  • прока́т автомоби́лей (prokát avtomobílej)hiring of cars for short periods
Spanish alquiler de vehículos
  • alquiler de vehículoshiring of cars for short periods
Swedish biluthyrning
  • biluthyrninghiring of cars for short periods
Cite this entry
APA

car rental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20rental

MLA

“car rental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20rental. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “car rental,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20rental.

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