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

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

   Additional Income PRIDES


           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
Additional Income PRIDES of Cendant Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

            For a description of the Additional 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 so
amended, the "Registration Statement"), and the form of a prospectus for
the Additional Income PRIDES, included therein, which description is
incorporated herein by reference. Definitive copies of the prospectus and
of a prospectus supplement describing the Additional 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