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
Seeking to be celebrated for simply hiring a woman is tokenizing and offensive.
We could have played a duo show instead of hiring six people to tour with us.
Starbucks recently committed to hiring 10,000 veterans in the next five years.
There was “some note of caution” attached to hiring Knox, thanks to the negativity from the case, Robinson said.
Amanda Knox, Cub Reporter: The Convicted Murderer Is Now Writing Theater Reviews for a Small Seattle Paper | Justin Miller | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the contrary, hiring people with IDD is good for the bottom line.
Hiring People With Disabilities Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good for Business | Elizabeth Picciuto | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The King of France, they say, is hiring of sixty sail of ships of the Dutch, but it is not said for what design.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysWe are brought on to a day in February, on which was held the yearly statute or hiring fair in the county-town of Casterbridge.
Far from the Madding Crowd | Thomas HardyThings, however, might be easier when the crop was sown, and if not she must insist upon his hiring extra help.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossThe news that the king was hiring Germans and bribing the Indians on the frontier to make trouble, made the Americans very angry.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberI don't know but I might make one among them myself, now and then, if it was not for the expensiveness of hiring of a horse.'
Camilla | Fanny Burney
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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