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
- verb To hold someone's attention or interest.
- verb To enter into conflict or battle with an opponent.
- verb To arrange to employ or hire someone, or to book a service.
- verb To interlock or mesh, as with gears or machine parts.
hire — full definition
- verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
- verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
- noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
- noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.