vuokraaikaan

Vuokraaikaan is not a standard Finnish term. The correctly written forms are vuokra-aika, meaning the rental period, and its inflected form vuokra-aikaan, meaning during the rental period. The concept denotes the time span during which an item or property is leased under a rental agreement. The vuokra-aika defines the duration of the lease, typically including start and end dates and any time-bound obligations.

The word is a compound of vuokra (rental) and aika (time). In Finnish orthography it is usually written with a hyphen: vuokra-aika. When used in a sentence, its form changes by case, for example vuokra-aikaa (accusative/genitive) or vuokra-aikaan (illative/adessive depending on construction). The form vuokraaikaan is not standard and is generally considered a misspelling or informal variant.

Usage: The term appears in housing, car and equipment rentals, and other leasing arrangements. It is commonly used in contracts to specify the period during which the lessor provides the item and the lessee pays rent. Examples: “Vuokra-aika alkaa 1. tammikuuta ja päättyy 31. joulukuuta.” “Sopimukseen on merkitty, mitä sisältyy vuokra-aikaan, kuten huolto ja ylläpito.”

See also: vuokra, vuokrasopimus, vuokrahinta.