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                                                                   Exhibit 10.41

                         [NationsRent, Inc. Letterhead]




                                February __, 2002

[Name of Participant]
[Address]
[Address]

                   Re: NationsRent, Inc. Retention Bonus Plan

Dear [Name]:

     You are a key member of a select group of NationsRent, Inc.'s management
team. Given the current financial condition of NationsRent, Inc. (the "Company")
and the important role you play in the future of the Company, the Board of
Directors has adopted, and approved your participation in, the NationsRent, Inc.
Retention Bonus Plan (the "Plan").

     **[TO BE USED WITH ALTERNATIVE 1][In return for your continued employment
with the Company during this difficult period, and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, you are eligible to receive a Retention Bonus equal to
$____________ on _________ ___, 200__ (the "Due Date"); provided, however, that,
you will not be entitled to your Retention Bonus, and your Retention Bonus will
not become due and payable, unless and until you are employed by the Company on
the Due Date.]**

     **[TO BE USED WITH ALTERNATIVE 2][In return for your continued employment
with the Company during this difficult period, and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Plan, you are eligible to receive a Retention Bonus equal to
$______________ on the Emergence Date (as defined in the Plan); provided,
however, that, you will not be entitled to your Retention Bonus, and your
Retention Bonus will not become due and payable, unless and until you are
employed by the Company on the Emergence Date.]**

     Please read the provisions of the Plan, which are attached as Exhibit 1
hereto - as the terms and conditions of the Plan govern your rights to receive
your Retention Bonus. If you find them acceptable and agree to be bound by them,
please so indicate by signing this letter and returning it to Steve Morse, Chief
Administrative Officer, no later than ten (10) business days after the date of
this letter. You will not be covered by the Plan unless and until you take these
steps.

     You are under no obligation to participate in the Plan and should feel no
pressure to do so. The Company believes the Plan is in both its and your best
interests. Whether you participate, however, is ultimately your decision.


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[Name of Participant]
February ___, 2002
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                              Very truly yours,



                              Ezra Shashoua
                              Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Accepted:


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[Name]



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                                   EXHIBIT 1

                               NATIONSRENT, INC.
                       RETENTION BONUS PLAN (THE "PLAN")


1.   IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

Under this Plan:

"Award Letter" means the award letter to you, executed by an executive officer
of the Company, notifying you of your right to participate in this Plan.

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Cause" means: (i) your commission of a felony or other crime that is manifestly
injurious to the Company or its affiliates or your commission of any act or
omission involving dishonesty, disloyalty or fraud with respect to the Company
or any of its affiliates or any of their customers or suppliers; (ii) your
reporting to work under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs, the use of
illegal drugs (whether or not at the workplace), or other repeated conduct
causing the Company or any of its affiliates public disgrace or disrepute or
economic harm; (iii) your repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably
directed by your supervisor or the Board, as the case may be; or (iv) your gross
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any of its
affiliates.

"Company" means NationsRent, Inc.

"Due Date" means: (i) the "Due Date" specified in your Award Letter; provided,
however, that, to the extent that the Emergence Date occurs prior to the Due
Date, then the Due Date will be deemed to be the Emergence Date; or (ii) if no
"Due Date" is specified in your Award Letter, the Emergence Date.

"Emergence Date" means (i) the effective date of a confirmed Plan of
Reorganization of the Company in a case filed with respect to the Company under
chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended from time to time
(the "Bankruptcy Code"); (ii) the date of consummation of the sale of
substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iii) the date that the Company
is merged, consolidated, or reorganized into or with any other entity; and (iv)
the date of consummation of a transaction that is a change in control
transaction of the type required to be reported under Item 1 to Form 8-K (or any
successor schedule, form, or report or item therein) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

"Employee Benefits" means the health and welfare benefits (but not stock option,
performance share, performance unit, stock purchase, stock appreciation,
automobile, social or professional clubs or other organizations, or similar
compensatory benefits) in the nature of health, medical, dental, life, and
disability insurance plans and benefits (including, without limitation, D&O
Insurance) substantially similar to those that you were receiving or entitled to
receive on the date of your Award Letter.


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"Good Reason" means: (i) any material and substantial diminution by your
supervisor or the Board, as the case may be, of your position, duties, or
responsibilities; (ii) any reduction in your Base Salary or material reduction
in your Employee Benefits; or (iii) a requirement by your supervisor or the
Board, as the case may be, that you relocate your primary residence, principal
office, or principal place of business to a place outside the fifty (50) mile
radius away from your current principal office location without your consent.

"Management Buyout" means transaction or series of related transactions pursuant
to which any "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Group"),
which Group consists of one or more participants in this Plan, acquires,
directly or indirectly, combined voting power of then-outstanding voting
securities of the Company in an amount sufficient to cause a change of control,
as required to be disclosed in any form of report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Form 8-K or Schedule 14A.

"Retention Bonus" has the meaning set forth in Section 3 of this Plan.

2.   ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, you are eligible to
participate in this Plan and receive a Retention Bonus if: (i) you received an
Award Letter; and (ii) you are an "employee in good standing" on the Due Date.
An "employee in good standing" means that you are employed by the Company on the
Due Date in a full-time position that is not temporary and you are actively
fulfilling the duties of your position or you are on an approved paid leave from
that position, but, you are not an "employee in good standing" if you are on
continuing payroll, unpaid leave, or suspended.

It is understood, of course, nothing in this Plan shall be construed as limiting
the Company's right to terminate you at any time; provided, however, any such
termination will not relieve the Company from its duty to pay you your Retention
Bonus if the Due Date occurred prior to the effective date of your termination.

3.   RETENTION BONUS

Your "Retention Bonus" is set forth in your Award Letter. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Plan, your Retention Bonus will become a liability of the
Company, and will be paid to you, on the Due Date. Such payment is taxable to
you when paid and subject to applicable withholding.

4.   TERMINATION BY DISABILITY, DEATH, OR DISCHARGE WITHOUT CAUSE AND
     TERMINATION FOR GOOD REASON

If: (i) you are discharged without Cause, die, become disabled, or terminate
your employment for Good Reason within 180 days prior to the Due Date; and (ii)
you were otherwise an "employee in good standing" on the date of such event,
then, on the Due Date, you will be entitled to receive your Retention Bonus, as
if you had been an "employee in good standing" on such date.


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5.   ALL OTHER TERMINATIONS AND VOLUNTARY RESIGNATIONS

Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, you automatically
forfeit any and all rights to participate in the Plan and to receive your
Retention Bonus, if, prior to the Due Date: (i) your employment is terminated
with Cause; (ii) you voluntarily resign without Good Reason; or (iii) you are
part of a Group that is formed for the purpose of consummating a Management
Buyout, but only if such Management Buyout is consummated and gives rise to the
Emergence Date.

6.   APPROVAL

This Plan has been approved by the Company's Board of Directors. The Company
shall be obligated to require any successor (whether direct or indirect), by
purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company, by a written agreement which is part of
such transaction, to assume and perform in their entirety all provisions of this
Plan.

7.   EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF THE PLAN

This Plan will be in effect from the date of your Award Letter through the close
of business on the Due Date, at which time it shall terminate; provided,
however, no such termination will allow the Company (or any successor or assign)
to avoid its obligations arising before such Due Date. This Plan may not be
terminated earlier or otherwise amended without the prior written consent of
both you and the Company.




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