rent-a-car

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rent ey kahr]
- /rɛnt eɪ kɑr/
- /rent ə kɑː(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rent ey kahr]
- /rɛnt eɪ kɑr/

Definitions of rent-a-car word

noun rent-a-car a company or service that rents cars, as by the day or week. 1
noun rent-a-car a car provided by such a company or service. 1
adjective rent-a-car Also, especially British, self-drive. of or relating to such a company or service: rent-a-car rates. 1

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Origin of rent-a-car

First appearance:

before 1930

One of the 10% newest English words

First recorded in 1930-35

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Parts of speech for Rent-a-car

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Rent-a-car

rent-a-car popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".