hire
to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment: The company hired three new engineers in the last quarter.
to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: We hired a limousine to get us to the wedding in style.
the act of hiring.
the state or condition of being hired.
the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay: The laborer is worthy of his hire.
Informal. a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated.
British. available for hire; rental: a hire car.
hire on, to obtain employment; take a job: They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
hire out, to offer or exchange one's services for payment: He hired himself out as a handyman.
Idioms about hire
for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment.: Also on hire.
Origin of hire
1synonym study For hire
Other words for hire
Other words from hire
- hir·ee [hahyuhr-ee], /ˌhaɪərˈi/, noun
- hir·er, noun
- out·hire, verb (used with object), out·hired, out·hir·ing.
- pre·hir·ing, adjective
- re·hire, verb, re·hired, re·hir·ing, noun
- un·hired, adjective
Words that may be confused with hire
- higher, hire
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How to use hire in a sentence
The Bears, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Capitals, announced her hire without any “first” caveats, but Emily knew the weight it carried.
Emily Engel-Natzke’s dad was her ‘biggest fan.’ He died of covid-19 before her hockey triumph. | Samantha Pell | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostIn a year when most media companies were squeezed by layoffs, Verizon hired several people to help boost content output for In the Know, which now produces over 400 pieces of content per week.
‘An aggressive strategy’: Verizon Media Group keeps pouring resources into commerce | Max Willens | November 18, 2020 | DigidayThere is a trend in sports of hiring sabermetric wunderkinds in their 30s — but there’s no reason that some of those up-and-comers with less than half the experience Ng brings to running an organization shouldn’t also be women and people of color.
Long-overdue baseball history was made late last week when the Miami Marlins announced they had hired Kim Ng as general manager.
Kim Ng’s Hiring Could Be The Start Of Something Special In Miami | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightShe said she is actively hiring and expects to be at 50 soon.
Solo.io announces service mesh platform aimed at enterprise customers | Ron Miller | November 12, 2020 | TechCrunch
The bailor is not responsible generally for any negligence of the hirer in operating the car.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThere is an implied obligation on the hirer's part to use the car only for the purpose and in the manner for which it was hired.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesImpasse St-Fiacre, the word saint cut away at the Revolution, where dwelt the first hirer-out of cabs; hence the term fiacre.
Historic Paris | Jetta S. WolffTrips other than those above specified shall be subject to special arrangement between letter and hirer.
The Yosemite | John MuirThe hirer of animals was under a legal obligation to take proper care of them, and omission to do so involved a penalty.
Mesopotamian Archaeology | Percy S. P. Handcock
British Dictionary definitions for hire
/ (ˈhaɪə) /
to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
to employ (a person) for wages
(often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
(tr foll by out) mainly British to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
the act of hiring or the state of being hired
(as modifier): a hire car
the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something
(as modifier): the hire charge
for hire or on hire available for service or temporary use in exchange for payment
Origin of hire
1Derived forms of hire
- hirable or hireable, adjective
- hirer, noun
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