Common Mistakes : Hire

verb

.BAD: I’m hiring a small house near the university .GOOD: I’m renting a small house near the university

In British English you hire a suit, meeting hall, bicycle, fishing rod etc. You obtain the use of these things, usually for a short period, by making s single payment ?Why buy a wedding dress when you can hire one .Herr Platzer showed us where we could hire bicycles

You rent a house, shop, apartment, television etc, usually for a longer period, by making a series of payments .There are plenty of offices to rent in the town centre

: When talking about cars, you can use rent or hire .There’s usually a place at the airport where you can hire/rent a car

In American English you always rent something (not hire ), regardless of what it is or the length of the arrangement