The standard British, Irish, and Commonwealth English term for what Americans call a car rental.
⛽ SHETLAND! Your cheapest unleaded petrol (E10) today is 164.8p/L at Bolts Car Hire Ltd Lerwick, ZE1 0NT — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Shetland
⛽ SHETLAND! Your cheapest diesel (B7) today is 184.8p/L at Bolts Car Hire Ltd Sumburgh, ZE3 9JP — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Shetland
The standard British, Irish, and Commonwealth English term for what Americans call a car rental. When you need wheels for a trip in the UK, you don't rent — you hire. The distinction is purely regional vocabulary: same transaction, same temporary use of a vehicle, just different linguistic traditions. You'll see 'car hire' on every UK travel booking site, airport sign, and travel guide.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Austalia) A car that is hired, or available for hire.
(US) The hiring of automobiles (motor cars) for relatively short periods.
A business that hires out automobiles.
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular instalments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP.
Think of all the money that would be saved on business lunches, car hire, drivers, private planes, sexual harrasment payoffs...
We sorted the car hire at Heathrow and were on the motorway within an hour.
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(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) car rental.
“⛽ SHETLAND! Your cheapest unleaded petrol (E10) today is 164.8p/L at Bolts Car Hire Ltd Lerwick, ZE1 0NT — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Shetland”
“⛽ SHETLAND! Your cheapest diesel (B7) today is 184.8p/L at Bolts Car Hire Ltd Sumburgh, ZE3 9JP — and 1 other at the same price! #UKFuel #Pumpr #Shetland”
“Think of all the money that would be saved on business lunches, car hire, drivers, private planes, sexual harrasment payoffs...”
“Can't remember about public transport but Knossos and museum can be done in a day...perhaps car hire....? Then head to Malia site too”
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