rent-a-car
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Etymology
Originally a trademark.
Noun
rent-a-car (plural rent-a-cars)
- 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 […]
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