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(especially North American English) (especially on printed signs尤用于告示) available to rent出租；招租Topics Houses and homesc1 British/American rent / hire / letrent / hire / letverbs- You can hire something for a short period of time, (British English only) but rent something for a longer period:短期租用可用 hire（仅用于英式英语），较长时间的租用则用 rent：
- We can hire bikes for a day to explore the town.我们可租用自行车一天来游览这城镇。
- We don’t own our TV, we rent it.我们没有自己的电视机，这是租的。
- In North American English, rent is always used. It is sometimes now used in British English instead of hire, too.
- The owners of a thing can hire it out for a short period:
- (British English) Do you hire out bikes?你们出租自行车吗？
Or they can rent (out)/let (out) a building, etc:出租房屋等可用 rent (out)/let (out)：- We rent out rooms in our house to students.我们把住宅里的房间出租给学生。
- Outside a building you could see:
- (British English) 在建筑物外可看到：To let招租
- (especially North American English) For rent招租
. - To hire can also mean to employ somebody, especially in North American English:
- We hired a new secretary.我们雇了一名新秘书。
see also leaseNouns名词- The amount of money that you pay to rent something is rent or rental (more formal). When you hire something you pay a hire charge (British English). On a sign outside a shop you might see:
- (British English) Bikes for hire出租自行车
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see also let, lease, hireSee also rent |