Lease hotel with rage (4)
I believe the answer is:
hire
'lease' is the definition.
(I know that lease can be written as hire)
'hotel with rage' is the wordplay.
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rage' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'h'+'ire'='HIRE'
(Other definitions for hire that I've seen before include "Rent, employ" , "Pay for temporary use" , "Engage (taxi)" , "Engage; rent" , "Payment for use" .)