rack-renting

verb

Definition of rack-rentingnext
present participle of rack-rent
as in renting

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  1. renting
  2. hiring
  3. letting
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  • Popular on Variety With the shortage of cash and skyrocketing local interest rates, some exhibitors are resorting to renting new laser projectors, instead of buying new ones.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Many hotels were renting rooms only to locals or storm recovery workers.
    Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of renting
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  • The fall hiring season typically parallels the busy recruitment cycle of January and February, which are peak months for interviews as staff return from vacations, according to Indeed.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Disraeli noted the insufficient number of warehouses that are equipped to manage merchandise on a single SKU level but added that Treet’s third-party logistics partners are hiring up to manage this.
    Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hiring
Verb
  • The bottom line Last month, stocks succeeded in defying gravity, soaring instead of letting the historical weight of their poor performance in September bring them down.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Rather than letting these thoughts spiral into rumination, pause, take a deep breath and write them down.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of letting
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