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Seagull Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Bicycle rental

You can hire a bicycle by the hour.

Is "hire" the most frequently used verb in a sentence like this? What verb can replace "hire"? Maybe, "rent"?
  

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S. we would definitely rent a bicycle, but possibly hire a taxi (more often get or take )

— Philip

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In the U.S. we would definitely rent a bicycle, but possibly hire a taxi (more often get or take)
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seagullYou can hire a bicycle by the hour.
Hire - British English.
Rent - American English.
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AlpheccaStarsHire - British English.Rent - American English.
I often start my statements with "In the U.S." because while I have the feeling that I know what the British usage would be, I'm never quite sure. Thanks for confirming my tacit suspicion.
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I understand.
Thank you so much indeed, Philip, AlpheccaStars.
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I am from the UK, and I would accept both "hire" and "rent" in this case.
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Thank you very much for your answer, GPY.
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