hire: implies the act of engaging or taking for use: we ~d a car for the summer.    （engage通常表示雇佣某人to hire, employ，如he is engaged at a bank他受雇于一家银行，engage是多义词，还表示从事定婚交战。这组词表示租用某物，因此没有将engage译出）    本组只有这个词只表示租"入"


let: suggests the granting of use: decided to ~ the cottage to a young couple.        本组只有这个词只表示租"出"


lease: strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to the act of hiring on a lease: the diplomat ~d an apartment for a year.     强调签订正式合约合同，如on June 9, 1898, the British signed a deal with the Chinese to lease Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the "New Territories"英国租借香港，如本例租一套公寓


rent: stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting: instead of buying a house, they decided to ~.      如he is six monthis in arrear with his rent他拖欠了六个月房租


charter: applies to the hiring or letting of a public vessel or vehicle usually for exclusive use: ~ a bus to go to the game.


hire租用租入: 指租用或租入，let出租: 表示给别人使用，lease租借: 严格指按合同或租约出租或租入，rent租赁: 强调出租或租入时收支了租金，charter包租包车: 指出租或租入公共交通工具，通常独家使用


记忆方法: 1) 首字母HLLRC想成出楼和入楼<==租用房屋

              2) 租用的意思是有偿租用或出租mean to engage or grant for use at a price.首字母HLLRC想成出楼和入楼<==租用房屋