SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                  FORM 8-A

             FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                            CENDANT CORPORATION
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           (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


            Delaware                             06-0918165
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State of incorporation of Organization         I.R.S. Employer
                                               Identification No.:

      Cendant Corporation
      9 West 57th Street
      New York, NY                                      10019
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)


    If this Form relates to the           If this Form relates to the
    registration of a class of            registration of a class of
    securities pursuant to                securities pursuant to Section
    Section 12(b) of the                  12(g) of the Exchange Act and is
    Exchange Act and is effective         effective pursuant to the
    pursuant to the general               general Instruction A. (d)
    Instruction A. (c) please check       please check the following box.  ( )
    the following box. (X)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

      Title of Each Class              Name of Each Exchange on Which
      to be so Registered              Each Class is to be Registered

      New Income PRIDES                New York Stock Exchange



           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1.     Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

            The classes of securities to be registered hereby are the New
Income PRIDES of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

            For a description of the New Income PRIDES, reference is made
to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Cendant
Corporation, among other registrants (Registration No. 333-78447), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 1999 (as amended,
the "Registration Statement"), and the form of prospectus for the New
Income PRIDES, included therein, which description is incorporated herein
by reference. Definitive copies of the prospectus and of a prospectus
supplement describing the New Income PRIDES will be filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form 8-A.

Item 2.     Exhibits

            1.    Form of Purchase Contract Agreement, between Cendant
                  Corporation and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
                  Purchase Contract Agent (incorporated herein by reference
                  to Exhibit 4.8 to the Registration Statement).

            2.    Form of Pledge Agreement, among Cendant Corporation, The
                  Chase Manhattan Bank, as Collateral Agent, and The First
                  National Bank of Chicago, as Purchase Contract Agent
                  (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the
                  Registration Statement).

            3.    Form of Income PRIDES (incorporated herein by reference
                  to Exhibit 4.13 to the Registration Statement).

            4.    Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust,
                  between James E. Buckman and Michael P. Monaco as Regular
                  Trustees, Cendant Corporation and Wilmington Trust
                  Company as Institutional Trustee (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registration Statement).

            5.    Form of Preferred Security (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 4.12 to the Registration Statement).

            6.    Form of Second Supplemental Indenture, among Cendant
                  Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of
                  New York as Indenture Trustee (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registration Statement).

            7.    Form of Senior Debenture (incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Registration Statement).

            8.    Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, among
                  Wilmington Trust Company as Institutional Trustee and
                  Cendant Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit 4-7 to the Registration Statement).


                                 SIGNATURE

            Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registration has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized.


                                   CENDANT CORPORATION

Dated:  July 13, 1999              By: /s/ James E. Buckman
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                                      James E. Buckman
                                      Senior Executive Vice President
                                      and General Counsel