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hire out

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  1. Obtain work; also, grant the services or temporary use of for a fee, as in He hired out as a cook, or They hired out the cottage for the summer. [Second half of 1700s]


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He was happy to hire out his voice for business, but was more reticent about politics.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

Between them, the three companies, which hire out their devices via smartphone apps and have operated in Paris since 2018, have a total of about 15,000 scooters zipping around the capital.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023

Many editors from a variety of publications use Twitter to post calls for pitches: stories they're hoping to hire out to freelancers.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2022

“If you want the opportunity to grow your business in 2022, if you want to hire, it turns out that you have to hire out of office,” he told The Post.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2022

It wouldn’t be hard, he said, if Estraven would take a false name and hire out as a cook or farmhand, which would not be pleasant, perhaps, but certainly better than returning to Orgoreyn.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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