hire 多指短期租用。在英国一般指租用车、船。
lease 指按照租约租出或租用房屋、土地或其它不动产。
rent 在英国指较长时间租出或租入房屋、商店或土地；而在美国指长时间或短时期租用各种资产以及日用东西。
let 尤指出租房屋或地产等。
charter 指承租大型运输工具，如飞机、轮船、大客车以及火车等。
参考例句
1. DO you own or rent the video? 录像带是你自己的还是租的？
2. I rent some video. 我租一些录像带。
3. For complete independence, you can rent an apartment or house. 为了完全自主，你可以租用单元房或别墅。
英英解释
n.
1. a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
3. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated u
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something v.
1. let for money
2. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract
3. engage for service under a term of contract
4. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
