hire

[ hahyuhr ]

/ haɪər /

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verb (used with object), hired, hir·ing.

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.

noun

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.

adjective

British. available for hire; rental: a hire car.

Verb Phrases

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR hire

1 employ.

2 lease.

5 rental; stipend, wages, salary, remuneration.

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Idioms about hire

for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment.Also on hire.

Origin of hire

First recorded before 1000; (verb) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra ); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer ), Frisian hēre

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2. Hire, charter, rent refer to paying money for the use of something. Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest): to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention. Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group: to charter a boat, a bus, a plane. Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself), etc.: to rent a business building.

OTHER WORDS FROM hire

hir·ee

[hahyuhr-ee], /ˌhaɪərˈi/, nounhir·er, nounout·hire, verb (used with object), out·hired, out·hir·ing.pre·hir·ing, adjective

re·hire, verb, re·hired, re·hir·ing, nounun·hired, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hire

higher, hire

Words nearby hire

Hirakata, Hiram, Hiranuma, Hiratsuka, hircine, hire, hired gun, hired hand, hiree, hireling, hire out

How to use hire in a sentence

A number of companies across the country, including Glassdoor, StubHub, Funding Circle, Yelp, Checkr and even the National Institutes of Health, either paused hiring or canceled their internship programs altogether.
Forage, formerly InsideSherpa, raises $9.3 million Series A for virtual work experiences|Natasha Mascarenhas|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
Since March, it’s added over 120 hires globally, 15% of those have been in London and Singapore.
‘We’re about hiring journalists’: Insider Inc. launches third global news hub in Singapore|Lucinda Southern|September 17, 2020|Digiday
Communications software maker Slack has hired a new chief people officer.
Slack hires former Live Nation exec as new chief people officer|Michal Lev-Ram, writer|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Now Grant has joined the chorus of work and management experts who are betting on technology as a way to improve fairness in hiring.
The startup Adam Grant is betting on to fix bias in hiring is out of stealth mode|Sarah Todd|September 15, 2020|Quartz

Imagine hiring someone without being properly vetted and now this person comes in and has to work three times as hard to be accepted by the community.
Oceanside Is Rethinking Its Police Chief Hiring Process Following Community Concerns|Kayla Jimenez|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Like any service for hire, it is extremely important for the traffickers to provide a reputable service, criminal as it is.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Grimm has even been actively trying hire staff members for his office in recent weeks after several former aides deserted him.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The assistant manager at the A&F store had found Elauf qualified for the position and was apparently going to hire her.
Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch|Dean Obeidallah|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They hire other people to write their books for them, whether memoir or fiction.
Meet Zoella—The Newbie Author Whose Book Sales Topped J.K. Rowling|Lucy Scholes|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end of his internship, the Davis County School District decided to hire him.
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business|Elizabeth Picciuto|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One who uses another's automobile without consent or knowledge of the owner, may be liable to pay a reasonable hire therefor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Should he hire a horse and kill the animal by rash driving, he would be liable for its value.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
Some landlords hire agents to attend to their property and to the collection of rents.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Shall I sit by the roadside and ask every man who passes by if he wants to hire himself out 'on shares'?
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
The owner of the mules used on this journey resides here, and here, likewise, the money for their hire is paid.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer

British Dictionary definitions for hire

hire

/ (ˈhaɪə) /

verb (tr)

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)

noun

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

Derived forms of hire

hirable or hireable, adjectivehirer, noun

Word Origin for hire

Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren

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OTHER WORDS FROM hire

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British Dictionary definitions for hire

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