"rent-a-car" meaning in All languages combined

See rent-a-car on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: rent-a-cars [plural]
Etymology: Originally a trademark. Head templates: {{en-noun}} rent-a-car (plural rent-a-cars)
  1. Synonym of rental car Synonyms: rental car [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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 […]",
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          "ref": "2016, Andrew Jones, Patrik Ström, Brita Hermelin, Services and the Green Economy, page 93:",
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