rent-a-car

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English

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Etymology

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Originally a trademark.

Noun

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rent-a-car (plural rent-a-cars)

  1. Synonym of rental car
    • 1962, Cases Decided in the United States Court of Claims ... with Report of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Court of Claims Cases, volume 157, page 180:
      However, the Government will permit [] rent-a-car operators other than Avis, to arrange for the pick-up of customers of any such operators at the Airport so that such customers may avail themselves of rent-a-cars of operators other than Avis []
    • 1969, System Development Corporation, Skylounge legal, technical, and financial supplementary study (page 112)
      [] rent-a-cars are returned to the airport from downtown [] Estimated distribution of rent-a-cars by number of passengers
    • 2016, Andrew Jones, Patrik Ström, Brita Hermelin, Services and the Green Economy, page 93:
      These services of car leasing, rent-a-cars, and car sharing []