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hire
[ hahyuhr ]
verb (used with object)
- to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment:
The company hired three new engineers in the last quarter.
Synonyms:
- to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent:
We hired a limousine to get us to the wedding in style.
Synonyms:
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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- 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 phrase
- to offer or exchange one's services for payment:
He hired himself out as a handyman.
- to obtain employment; take a job:
They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
hire
/ ˈɪə /
verb
- 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
- trfoll byout 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 hireavailable for service or temporary use in exchange for payment
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- · [hahy, uh, r-, ee], noun
- · noun
- dzܳ· verb (used with object) outhired outhiring
- ··Բ adjective
- · verb rehired rehiring noun
- ܲ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hire1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hire1
Idioms and Phrases
- for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also on hire.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Combs’ close circle was allegedly involved in hiring sex workers, transporting them to the events, and supplying hotel rooms during the gatherings with items such as cash and baby oil.
Davenport has warned that the county government, which has a roughly $49-billion budget, could face “a fiscal crisis” unless hiring is frozen.
A lawyer hired by former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe has questioned whether the investigation into his behaviour was conducted "independently of the influence" of the party.
Less than a year later, as a college freshman in Texas, Zhong was hired by Google for a software engineering position that typically requires an advanced degree.
Poker girls are officially described as waitresses, and are hired along with other staff like bartenders, chefs and parking valets to work at poker parties in private homes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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