What does location in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word location in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use location in French.

The word location in French means renting, rental, hire, renting, rented house, rented apartment, self-catering property, self-catering apartment, rent, rental, rental agency, letting agency, rental, rental costs, hire of car with driver, car hire, leasing, long-term rental, furnished rental property, vacation rental, vacation rental property, lease management, hire purchase, subletting, sub-letting, rented vehicle, hire car. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word location

renting, rental, hire

nom féminin (mise à disposition par le propriétaire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La location de notre villa à la plage nous rapporte en moyenne 600 € par mois. Dans chaque station de skis, il y a une boutique de location de skis ; ainsi, nous n'avons pas à transporter les nôtres.
The rental of our beach villa brings in about €600 a month. At every ski resort, there is a ski-hire shop; that way, we don't have to bring our own.

renting

nom féminin (emprunt par un locataire)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas acheter, la location peut être un bon moyen d'obtenir quelque chose dont ils ont besoin.
For those who can't buy, renting can be a good way to obtain what they need.

rented house, rented apartment

nom féminin (habitat loué)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gérard a tout de suite acheté un studio car il ne voulait pas de location.
Gerard bought a studio flat straight away because he did not want a rental property.

self-catering property, self-catering apartment

nom féminin (habitat loué pour les vacances)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous prenons une location au bord de la mer pour les vacances.
We're booking a self-catering property at the seaside for our holiday.

rent, rental

nom féminin (montant à payer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La location est de 600 euros par mois.
The rent (or: rental) is 600 euros a month.

rental agency, letting agency

nom féminin (société louant des biens)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

rental

locution adjectivale (loué)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

rental costs

nom masculin pluriel (dépenses pour louer)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

hire of car with driver

nom féminin (location de voiture avec conducteur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ils ont pris une location de voiture avec chauffeur pour leur mariage.

car hire

nom féminin (prêt de voiture)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je vais toujours à Paris par le train et à l'agence de location de voitures, je prends la voiture que j'avais réservée.

leasing

nom féminin (contrat de location de matériel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

long-term rental

nom féminin (dispositif d’emprunt) (property)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
De nombreuses entreprises préfèrent la location longue durée de leur matériel plutôt que l'achat de celui-ci.

furnished rental property

nom féminin (habitation avec meubles)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

vacation rental, vacation rental property

nom féminin (habitation de vacances) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous cherchons une location saisonnière en Provence.

lease management

(gérance libre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La location-gérance consiste à louer le fonds de commerce.

hire purchase

nom féminin (location avec option d'achat) (UK, AU)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il est intéressant de prendre une voiture en location-vente.

subletting, sub-letting

nom féminin (fait de louer [qch] déjà loué)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sous-location de logement est interdite en France.

rented vehicle

nom masculin (véhicule loué temporairement)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

hire car

nom féminin (véhicule loué)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour visiter le Portugal, nous avons pris l'avion, puis une voiture de location pour explorer la campagne.

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