hire car

English

Noun

hire car (plural hire cars)

(Britain) A car that is hired, or available for hire.
- 1963 December, “News and Comment: Door-to-door travel planning”, in Modern Railways, page 366:
  Mr. Raymond said that he had been encouraged by the number of tourists in Britain who had been making their long-distance journeys to holiday or touring centres by rail and picking up self-drive hire cars at the further rail terminal.
Synonym: rental car

References

“hire car” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

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