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vuokrata — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • engage verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
  • hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
  • lease noun A legal agreement letting someone use property, such as a home or car, for a set time in exchange for payment.
  • rent noun The regular payment a tenant makes to use someone else's property.
  • room noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.
  • tenant noun Someone who pays rent to live in or use a property owned by someone else.

Senses

vuokrata is used for these senses in English:

  • engage (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
  • engage (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
  • for rent Being offered for renting.
  • hire (transitive, chiefly, UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
  • hire (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
  • rent (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
  • room (transitive) To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.
  • tenant To hold as, or be, a tenant.

engage — full definition

  1. verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
  2. verb To enter into conflict or battle with an opponent.
  3. verb To arrange to employ or hire someone, or to book a service.
  4. verb To interlock or mesh, as with gears or machine parts.

hire — full definition

  1. verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
  2. verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
  3. noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
  4. noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.

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