It is the most prominent example of a huge new "sharing economy", in which people rent beds, cars, boats and other assets directly from each other, co-ordinated via the internet.
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Bedrooms and cars are the most obvious examples, but you can also rent camping spaces in Sweden, fields in Australia and washing machines in France
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And it is not just individuals: the web makes it easier for companies to rent out spare offices and idle machines, too.
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Airbnb says hosts in San Francisco who rent out their homes do so for an average of 58 nights a year, making $ 9.3000.
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Car owners who rent their vehicles to others using RelayRides make an average of $250 a month; some make more than $1,000.
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The same may happen with the sharing economy, which also provides new opportunities for enterprise, Some people have bought cars solely to rent them out, for example
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People who rent out rooms should pay tax, of course, but they should not be regulated like a Ritz-Carlton hotel.
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Before the internet, renting a surfboard, a power tool or a parking space from someone else was feasible, but was usually more trouble than it was worth
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But the core of the sharing economy is people renting things from each other
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And there are environmental benefits, too: renting a car when you need it, rather than owning one, means fewer cars are required and fewer resources must be devoted to making them.
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One advantage of sharing is that owners earn money from renting out items not made full use of
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Last night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries.
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The man's apartment is ready for rent.
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But check out the cost if renting an apartment first.
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But the code to access the program cost $120—a big sum for Harper, who had already put down $450 for textbooks, and had rent day approaching.
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In Lagos, foreign oil workers can pay as much as $65,000 per year in rent for a modest apartment in a safe part of town.
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Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015—pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.
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The woman should rent a nicer apartment.
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She has got camping gear for rent.
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Another plus, rents are lower in Utah than in Nevada.
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The person who was supposed to rent it just backed town to take a room on campus.
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But check out the cost if renting an apartment first.
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Good morning, I'm one of the students who rented your flat.
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How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?
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Pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the information desk and Denny Way entrance.
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The family rented a former church in downtown portland and scheduled a concert.
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The one for rent is on the right.
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The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self-driving cars, and for companies to operate driverless taxi services.
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They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine equaled a college year's monthly rent.
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