Definition of hire in English:

hire

verb ˈhʌɪəˈhaɪ(ə)r

[with object]

1British Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment.
we flew to San Diego, hired a car, and headed for Las Vegas
Example sentencesExamples
- The cost of hiring a vintage car or stretch limo for the big day tends to vary from company to company.
- For two couples, it is less expensive to hire a cab or rent a car for a day than for each person to join an organized excursion.
- Anglers can obtain permits and hire a boat from John Scotts Shop, Aughagower, Westport.
- So on auction day, forget property makeover; instead, hire a few prestige cars and park them up and down the street.
- In May, my wife and I hired a car from a rental company at Stansted airport.
- Alf received it despite never having taken his car or hiring a car abroad.
- They can offset this saving against the cost of hiring a car for part of the holiday.
- A young man hired a sports car under a false name then crashed at high speed and killed his best friend.
- Men may hire rental cars from the arrival lounge.
- Try hiring an insurance replacement rental car in Buffalo!
- On the weekend Adam hired the movie Saving Private Ryan and watched it with the volume up really loud.
- An excellent and reasonably-priced railway service means there is no need for visitors to hire a car.
- Before travelling, I opted to hire a car via the internet.
- We hire a car and drive down the coast to Isla Negra, one of the homes of Chile's most famous poet, Pablo Neruda.
- They are interested in hiring a car so they can have the freedom to explore at their leisure.
Synonyms
rent, lease, charter, pay for the use of
dated engage
1. 1.1hire something out Grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment.
  most train stations hire out cycles
  Example sentencesExamples
  We do hire it out for line dancing and different things.
  You can perform the work yourself, or you can hire it out to a contractor.
  To start with at least, we intend to keep running it as it has been by hiring it out to other groups.
  But the centre's committee took the decision to stop hiring it out because of escalating costs and strains on manpower.
  Out of the holiday season, the club can be hired out for events including birthday and reception parties.
  We might be able to hire it out to other clubs as well and get our money back.
  Successive administrators of Moore's estate hired them out to employers whose payments provided proceeds for the estate.
  These may be government-run, but the labour in these prisons can be hired out to corporations.
  Britain's favourite piano player and master of ceremonies of music television uses it for his own albums and sometimes also hires it out.
  Rather than let them gather dust, management decided to increase revenue by hiring them out.
  Synonyms
  rent out, let out, rent, lease, hire out, loan, give on loan, sublet, sublease, farm out, contract, charge for the use of
2Employ (someone) for wages.
management hired and fired labour in line with demand
Example sentencesExamples
- Small businesses won't expand because they'll actually have to pay fair wages to hire workers instead of paying them with options.
- The third common option is to hire someone who has played at the top level but not had success.
- He provided Rhodes with a steady income, hiring him as his personal instructor.
- I can refuse to be the manager and we can hire someone.
- In the end, it's likely that no one - not even the boss who hires you - will read your résumé word for word.
- I tell managers, if you hire someone and it's one too many, you're the one who's going to have to tell that person.
- Braden suggests that first-timers hire someone with government experience to jump-start a subcontracting venture.
- When Scott Wolfe hires someone for a job working a cash register or cutting meat, the odds are, that person was a customer first.
- In Hong Kong, a person is defined as underemployed when he or she is hired to work less than 35 hours a week.
- If the Broncos would fire him tomorrow, there would be a line of teams willing to fire their coaches and hire him.
- Your subordinates are jerks and I think you should hire me to fire them.
- Irish employers can now hire anyone from the new countries, and many are willing to work for less than their Irish counterparts.
- The most crucial step in ensuring marketing success is hiring someone to manage and coordinate the effort.
- What made his job search remarkable is that Phelps never met the people who hired him.
- While smaller firms may be able to use your skills, many of them cannot commit to hiring you on a permanent basis.
- Selma wanted more corporations to hire her as their primary medical vendor.
- If you spend, borrow, set up a business, hire someone or get fired, these are actions that matter.
- I shared my experience with her on how I once hired someone who was unqualified for a job.
- I'm on the road a lot and I need help but I can't afford to hire anybody at this early stage of my business.
- Although I was hired to help her fit in with the existing culture, it was just a bad match.
Synonyms
employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign on, sign up, enrol, commission, enlist, take into employment, secure the services of, put on the payroll
1. 2.1 Employ for a short time to do a particular job.
  Wilmot hired a private detective to follow him
  Example sentencesExamples
  There might be companies that would want to hire her for corporate events.
  The night before the opening, we left assured that a private electrician would be hired to connect it up.
  I was a supporter of Sir Marc, and the assassin he hired to kill you and your parents.
  They had been hired out as assassins before, but they hadn't had someone request for that kind of job in awhile.
  The Glenns secured a grant from the Bureau of Land Management to hire someone to clean up the garbage.
  He's going to opium dens where he's part of a gang as a hired assassin who carries a tommy gun in a violin case.
  The murder was not carried out because the hired assassin changed his mind and reported the matter to the police.
  Potential investors can do the market analysis on their own or hire someone else - a market researcher or consultant - to do it for them.
  Killer 7, a group of assassins, are hired to eliminate the terrorist group and save the day.
  And they will hire the finest lawyers and planners to navigate their private fortunes safely through the arcane niceties of the tax code.
  The story revolves around a private eye who is hired by someone to hunt down a computer hacker known as Trinity.
  And as in Europe, airports should be free to hire certified private security firms to perform these services.
  Second-home owners spend far above average on hiring someone to care for their properties.
  Private detectives could be hired to help win the fight against fly-tippers in Tendring.
  An insanely jealous Italian farang is in despair after hiring a local private detective to follow his wife.
  He plays the freaky, balding assassin Maguire who's hired to eliminate Sullivan.
  Distraught and depressed, the old veteran accomplishes this by sacrificing himself to an assassin he hires.
  David bribed the private detective that Stephanie hired to make her look paranoid.
  A driver quietly explained that, if the guard were fired, he would hire someone to take revenge.
  The Baron then puts out a hit on the very assassin he hired, leading to a complete reversal of sides.
2. 2.2hire oneself out Make oneself available for temporary employment.
  the young husbands had to hire themselves out to distant farmers every summer
  Example sentencesExamples
  Can I hire myself out as a Diablo fashion consultant?
  I should hire myself out: if you find a flat you can't afford, get me to invest in the area and the prices will soon hit rock bottom.
  The job involved hiring himself out as a garment worker in order to organize a shop from the inside.
  They formed a union and hired themselves out to theatres much the way longshoremen are sent out to different ports.
  They hire themselves out to other farms, working on the land that they love, but bringing home nothing but a paycheck at the end of the week.
  After all, they are hiring themselves out on a daily basis for minimum wage to perform defined short-term jobs as unskilled manual laborers.
  I'm thinking of hiring myself out as a service to distressed parents everywhere.
  Maybe she should hire herself out as a writer of instruction manuals, you know, in between acting jobs.
  In the Golden State, they can also hire themselves out as ‘private judges.’
  In the comments to this post, Laura of 11D says ‘… you should hire yourself out to universities to give lectures to upcoming graduates.

noun ˈhʌɪəˈhaɪ(ə)r

1mass noun The action of hiring someone or something.
car hire is recommended
as modifier a hire charge
Example sentencesExamples
- Meanwhile, back at the airport, the cost of car hire and charter flights out of Ireland are savage in comparison with our neighbours.
- A car from the boat hire company will collect them from the train station for an extra cost of €5, and bring them to Lake Fluessen.
- All accommodation, travel, car hire and travel insurance can be booked through Perfect Places.
- It also includes a seven day car hire and a connecting flight from Port Elizabeth to Capetown.
- Car hire is only available with a driver in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat.
- This includes international and internal flights and accommodation mentioned above, car hire and the Grand Canyon Picnic tour.
- Cardholders can also get reductions in shops, theatres, car hire outlets and restaurants.
- However, could it be that these registrations are going into car hire fleets?
- Haifa and Ecuador however charge berth hire by ship length.
- Getting around Italy is relatively easy and cheap, although car hire prices are on the rise.
- Travellers will also be able to book hotels, car hire, insurance and other travel services through the site.
- This includes return flights from Dublin via Newark, 14 nights accommodation, six-day convertible car hire, taxes and insurance.
- Without car hire, but with accommodation in the more centrally-located two-star Hotel Bajamar, this costs €1,598.
- I never thought that recruiting would be affected, but we've made a significant number of professional hires on the Internet this year.
- In the days following the pub crawl, hundreds of resumes flooded Aylward's recruiting war room - and resulted in about 35 hires.
- In short order that strategy yielded 47 entry-level hires for his 225-employee company.
- Architects contemplating their first hires should do a budget based on revenues and operating costs plus the projected salaries.
- It's not surprising, then, that when Gianforte made his first three hires, in March 1998, he hired salespeople - and only salespeople.
- I read, or at least skim, many of these publications, since it's usually interesting to learn about new faculty hires and recent publications.
- It is the cheapest of the respectable car hire firms and recommended.
Synonyms
rent, rental, hiring, lease, leasing, charter
dated engagement, engaging
2North American A person who is hired; an employee.
new hires go through six months of training
Example sentencesExamples
- When BMW began investing in Leipzig in 2002, few of its new hires came from the ranks of the unemployed.
- In a poll of employers for employability skills for new hires, interpersonal skills ranked highest in level of importance.
- It now finds about 60% of its hires through employee referrals.
- Employees are also rewarded for drumming up new hires and new business.
- In general, the employees who quit were more recent hires who weren't as invested in the company.
- Two of three respondents report that they listen to employee recommendations in recruiting new hires.
- Now, junior employees, called ‘new hires,’ operate the remote controls.
- The team that meets that daily mission is a mix of active-duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian employees, local hires and contractors.
- She addressed the weakness by creating a mentoring program that matched new hires with experienced workers.
- From initial performance reviews of new hires, it is determined that the employees' average proficiency in problem solving is 25 percent.
- Saying no requires dedication; so does persuading recent hires to turn down a quick windfall.
- Before the XFL had teams or players, its Web site was stocked with information about new hires.
- Not only should companies check new hires but also current employees and contractors.
- Many other companies use similar titles for even line level employees and new hires from college.
- According to other estimates, a majority of all recent hires have been off the tenure track.
- Ask your newest hires to make a presentation, and reward them for asking fresh questions.
- Sadly, the incompetence of many technical design staffs extends beyond new hires.
- There is an apprentice program in the body shop and all new hires are skilled-trades workers.
- ‘Some 30 years ago, only 9 percent of new CEOs were outside hires,’ says Sessa.
- Even with a recent number of new hires, the average tenure of conference directors is nearly a decade.
Synonyms
conscript, new soldier

Phrases

for (or on) hire

Available to be hired.
Example sentencesExamples
- The community centre is also available for hire for private functions such as birthday parties and barbecues.
- If you do not have a stroller, they are available for hire at the entrance to the parks.
- An echo sounder is pretty well essential to find water of the correct depth, and Anders has a good stock of them available for hire.
- The kitchen and grill area are available for hire by tenants.
- The sports hall and conference room are available to the public for hire.
- Jewellery, including pearls and tiaras, is available for hire or purchase.
- Private Taxis are also available for hire between Jammu and Katra.
- The castle is being turned over to the corporate entertainment business and is available for hire - at a price of course.
- The carriages are also available for hire for events such as weddings.
- The fact is that these old symbols are available for hire.
- Start by letting all your neighbors and parents' friends know you're available for hire.
- Mr Rekshop would like it known that he is available for hire as a deejay.
- Buzz is available for hire at children's parties, hen nights and even stag nights, although his exact role in the latter is unclear.
- Laptops, other office equipment and a meeting room are all available for hire and the meeting room is free for the first two hours.
- The hall is available for hire for various activities.
- It's hard to remember a time when so many worthy coaching candidates have been available for hire.
- Several of the old houses have been restored and are now available for hire.
- The MCR Hall is available for hire over the coming summer months.
- The CCI also cited examples in the US where off-duty police are available for hire by businesses.
- The hall is available for hire at a very reasonable price.

Derivatives

hireable

adjective ˈhʌɪrəb(ə)lˈhaɪrəb(ə)l

1(of a person) available or qualified for employment.
good print journalists are hireable at reasonable rates
Example sentencesExamples
- On the basis of previous pilot data, all four applicants provided job-relevant information that made them equally hirable.
- The trend's gone so far that these hirable hackers are called agents.
- If she already works three days, she's hireable - there or somewhere else - for more.
- four hireable self-catering properties
2British Available or suitable for temporary use in exchange for a payment.

hirer

noun ˈhʌɪərəˈhaɪrər

She may not be aware that we pay business rates to her Government out of our income from hirers.
Example sentencesExamples
- If they do it right, the nimble hirers could see a rise in market share and stock price.
- DDI places itself between headhunters and hirers.
- In all cases the person engaged is hired to undertake a task on the hirer's behalf.
- But the debtor or hirer may have been prejudiced in some way by reason of this fact.

Origin

Old English hȳrian 'employ someone for wages', hȳr 'payment under contract for the use of something', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of hire in US English:

hire

verbˈhī(ə)rˈhaɪ(ə)r

[with object]

1Employ (someone) for wages.
management hired and fired labor in line with demand
Example sentencesExamples
- Your subordinates are jerks and I think you should hire me to fire them.
- Small businesses won't expand because they'll actually have to pay fair wages to hire workers instead of paying them with options.
- The third common option is to hire someone who has played at the top level but not had success.
- I tell managers, if you hire someone and it's one too many, you're the one who's going to have to tell that person.
- What made his job search remarkable is that Phelps never met the people who hired him.
- The most crucial step in ensuring marketing success is hiring someone to manage and coordinate the effort.
- Selma wanted more corporations to hire her as their primary medical vendor.
- He provided Rhodes with a steady income, hiring him as his personal instructor.
- While smaller firms may be able to use your skills, many of them cannot commit to hiring you on a permanent basis.
- I shared my experience with her on how I once hired someone who was unqualified for a job.
- Although I was hired to help her fit in with the existing culture, it was just a bad match.
- In Hong Kong, a person is defined as underemployed when he or she is hired to work less than 35 hours a week.
- If you spend, borrow, set up a business, hire someone or get fired, these are actions that matter.
- I'm on the road a lot and I need help but I can't afford to hire anybody at this early stage of my business.
- Braden suggests that first-timers hire someone with government experience to jump-start a subcontracting venture.
- Irish employers can now hire anyone from the new countries, and many are willing to work for less than their Irish counterparts.
- I can refuse to be the manager and we can hire someone.
- When Scott Wolfe hires someone for a job working a cash register or cutting meat, the odds are, that person was a customer first.
- If the Broncos would fire him tomorrow, there would be a line of teams willing to fire their coaches and hire him.
- In the end, it's likely that no one - not even the boss who hires you - will read your résumé word for word.
Synonyms
employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign on, sign up, enrol, commission, enlist, take into employment, secure the services of, put on the payroll
1. 1.1 Employ for a short time to do a particular job.
  don't hire a babysitter who's under 16
  Example sentencesExamples
  And they will hire the finest lawyers and planners to navigate their private fortunes safely through the arcane niceties of the tax code.
  Private detectives could be hired to help win the fight against fly-tippers in Tendring.
  David bribed the private detective that Stephanie hired to make her look paranoid.
  They had been hired out as assassins before, but they hadn't had someone request for that kind of job in awhile.
  The Baron then puts out a hit on the very assassin he hired, leading to a complete reversal of sides.
  The Glenns secured a grant from the Bureau of Land Management to hire someone to clean up the garbage.
  An insanely jealous Italian farang is in despair after hiring a local private detective to follow his wife.
  Potential investors can do the market analysis on their own or hire someone else - a market researcher or consultant - to do it for them.
  The night before the opening, we left assured that a private electrician would be hired to connect it up.
  And as in Europe, airports should be free to hire certified private security firms to perform these services.
  Second-home owners spend far above average on hiring someone to care for their properties.
  A driver quietly explained that, if the guard were fired, he would hire someone to take revenge.
  I was a supporter of Sir Marc, and the assassin he hired to kill you and your parents.
  The murder was not carried out because the hired assassin changed his mind and reported the matter to the police.
  He's going to opium dens where he's part of a gang as a hired assassin who carries a tommy gun in a violin case.
  There might be companies that would want to hire her for corporate events.
  Distraught and depressed, the old veteran accomplishes this by sacrificing himself to an assassin he hires.
  The story revolves around a private eye who is hired by someone to hunt down a computer hacker known as Trinity.
  Killer 7, a group of assassins, are hired to eliminate the terrorist group and save the day.
  He plays the freaky, balding assassin Maguire who's hired to eliminate Sullivan.
2. 1.2hire oneself out Make oneself available for temporary employment.
  he hired himself out as a laborer
  Example sentencesExamples
  They formed a union and hired themselves out to theatres much the way longshoremen are sent out to different ports.
  I'm thinking of hiring myself out as a service to distressed parents everywhere.
  Maybe she should hire herself out as a writer of instruction manuals, you know, in between acting jobs.
  I should hire myself out: if you find a flat you can't afford, get me to invest in the area and the prices will soon hit rock bottom.
  In the Golden State, they can also hire themselves out as ‘private judges.’
  In the comments to this post, Laura of 11D says ‘… you should hire yourself out to universities to give lectures to upcoming graduates.
  Can I hire myself out as a Diablo fashion consultant?
  They hire themselves out to other farms, working on the land that they love, but bringing home nothing but a paycheck at the end of the week.
  After all, they are hiring themselves out on a daily basis for minimum wage to perform defined short-term jobs as unskilled manual laborers.
  The job involved hiring himself out as a garment worker in order to organize a shop from the inside.
2British Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment; rent.
she had to hire a dress for the wedding
Example sentencesExamples
- On the weekend Adam hired the movie Saving Private Ryan and watched it with the volume up really loud.
- Try hiring an insurance replacement rental car in Buffalo!
- In May, my wife and I hired a car from a rental company at Stansted airport.
- Anglers can obtain permits and hire a boat from John Scotts Shop, Aughagower, Westport.
- We hire a car and drive down the coast to Isla Negra, one of the homes of Chile's most famous poet, Pablo Neruda.
- They are interested in hiring a car so they can have the freedom to explore at their leisure.
- An excellent and reasonably-priced railway service means there is no need for visitors to hire a car.
- They can offset this saving against the cost of hiring a car for part of the holiday.
- A young man hired a sports car under a false name then crashed at high speed and killed his best friend.
- Alf received it despite never having taken his car or hiring a car abroad.
- Men may hire rental cars from the arrival lounge.
- So on auction day, forget property makeover; instead, hire a few prestige cars and park them up and down the street.
- For two couples, it is less expensive to hire a cab or rent a car for a day than for each person to join an organized excursion.
- Before travelling, I opted to hire a car via the internet.
- The cost of hiring a vintage car or stretch limo for the big day tends to vary from company to company.
Synonyms
rent, lease, charter, pay for the use of
1. 2.1hire something out Grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Rather than let them gather dust, management decided to increase revenue by hiring them out.
  We might be able to hire it out to other clubs as well and get our money back.
  But the centre's committee took the decision to stop hiring it out because of escalating costs and strains on manpower.
  You can perform the work yourself, or you can hire it out to a contractor.
  We do hire it out for line dancing and different things.
  Britain's favourite piano player and master of ceremonies of music television uses it for his own albums and sometimes also hires it out.
  These may be government-run, but the labour in these prisons can be hired out to corporations.
  Successive administrators of Moore's estate hired them out to employers whose payments provided proceeds for the estate.
  To start with at least, we intend to keep running it as it has been by hiring it out to other groups.
  Out of the holiday season, the club can be hired out for events including birthday and reception parties.
  Synonyms
  rent out, let out, rent, lease, hire out, loan, give on loan, sublet, sublease, farm out, contract, charge for the use of

nounˈhī(ə)rˈhaɪ(ə)r

1The action of hiring someone or something.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not surprising, then, that when Gianforte made his first three hires, in March 1998, he hired salespeople - and only salespeople.
- Haifa and Ecuador however charge berth hire by ship length.
- All accommodation, travel, car hire and travel insurance can be booked through Perfect Places.
- Architects contemplating their first hires should do a budget based on revenues and operating costs plus the projected salaries.
- This includes return flights from Dublin via Newark, 14 nights accommodation, six-day convertible car hire, taxes and insurance.
- Cardholders can also get reductions in shops, theatres, car hire outlets and restaurants.
- In the days following the pub crawl, hundreds of resumes flooded Aylward's recruiting war room - and resulted in about 35 hires.
- I read, or at least skim, many of these publications, since it's usually interesting to learn about new faculty hires and recent publications.
- Getting around Italy is relatively easy and cheap, although car hire prices are on the rise.
- It also includes a seven day car hire and a connecting flight from Port Elizabeth to Capetown.
- A car from the boat hire company will collect them from the train station for an extra cost of €5, and bring them to Lake Fluessen.
- Without car hire, but with accommodation in the more centrally-located two-star Hotel Bajamar, this costs €1,598.
- It is the cheapest of the respectable car hire firms and recommended.
- This includes international and internal flights and accommodation mentioned above, car hire and the Grand Canyon Picnic tour.
- I never thought that recruiting would be affected, but we've made a significant number of professional hires on the Internet this year.
- Travellers will also be able to book hotels, car hire, insurance and other travel services through the site.
- In short order that strategy yielded 47 entry-level hires for his 225-employee company.
- Meanwhile, back at the airport, the cost of car hire and charter flights out of Ireland are savage in comparison with our neighbours.
- However, could it be that these registrations are going into car hire fleets?
- Car hire is only available with a driver in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat.
Synonyms
rent, rental, hiring, lease, leasing, charter
2North American A person who is hired; an employee.
new hires go through six months of training
Example sentencesExamples
- Two of three respondents report that they listen to employee recommendations in recruiting new hires.
- It now finds about 60% of its hires through employee referrals.
- There is an apprentice program in the body shop and all new hires are skilled-trades workers.
- Ask your newest hires to make a presentation, and reward them for asking fresh questions.
- Saying no requires dedication; so does persuading recent hires to turn down a quick windfall.
- Before the XFL had teams or players, its Web site was stocked with information about new hires.
- Not only should companies check new hires but also current employees and contractors.
- She addressed the weakness by creating a mentoring program that matched new hires with experienced workers.
- Sadly, the incompetence of many technical design staffs extends beyond new hires.
- The team that meets that daily mission is a mix of active-duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian employees, local hires and contractors.
- ‘Some 30 years ago, only 9 percent of new CEOs were outside hires,’ says Sessa.
- When BMW began investing in Leipzig in 2002, few of its new hires came from the ranks of the unemployed.
- According to other estimates, a majority of all recent hires have been off the tenure track.
- In a poll of employers for employability skills for new hires, interpersonal skills ranked highest in level of importance.
- Employees are also rewarded for drumming up new hires and new business.
- In general, the employees who quit were more recent hires who weren't as invested in the company.
- Even with a recent number of new hires, the average tenure of conference directors is nearly a decade.
- From initial performance reviews of new hires, it is determined that the employees' average proficiency in problem solving is 25 percent.
- Now, junior employees, called ‘new hires,’ operate the remote controls.
- Many other companies use similar titles for even line level employees and new hires from college.
Synonyms
conscript, new soldier

Phrases

for (or on) hire

Available to be hired.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mr Rekshop would like it known that he is available for hire as a deejay.
- The hall is available for hire for various activities.
- An echo sounder is pretty well essential to find water of the correct depth, and Anders has a good stock of them available for hire.
- The CCI also cited examples in the US where off-duty police are available for hire by businesses.
- The fact is that these old symbols are available for hire.
- If you do not have a stroller, they are available for hire at the entrance to the parks.
- The carriages are also available for hire for events such as weddings.
- Several of the old houses have been restored and are now available for hire.
- Private Taxis are also available for hire between Jammu and Katra.
- Start by letting all your neighbors and parents' friends know you're available for hire.
- The kitchen and grill area are available for hire by tenants.
- It's hard to remember a time when so many worthy coaching candidates have been available for hire.
- Jewellery, including pearls and tiaras, is available for hire or purchase.
- The castle is being turned over to the corporate entertainment business and is available for hire - at a price of course.
- The hall is available for hire at a very reasonable price.
- The community centre is also available for hire for private functions such as birthday parties and barbecues.
- The sports hall and conference room are available to the public for hire.
- The MCR Hall is available for hire over the coming summer months.
- Buzz is available for hire at children's parties, hen nights and even stag nights, although his exact role in the latter is unclear.
- Laptops, other office equipment and a meeting room are all available for hire and the meeting room is free for the first two hours.

Origin

Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun).

单词	hire
释义	Definition of hire in English: hire verb ˈhʌɪəˈhaɪ(ə)r [with object] 1British Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment. we flew to San Diego, hired a car, and headed for Las Vegas Example sentencesExamples The cost of hiring a vintage car or stretch limo for the big day tends to vary from company to company. For two couples, it is less expensive to hire a cab or rent a car for a day than for each person to join an organized excursion. Anglers can obtain permits and hire a boat from John Scotts Shop, Aughagower, Westport. So on auction day, forget property makeover; instead, hire a few prestige cars and park them up and down the street. In May, my wife and I hired a car from a rental company at Stansted airport. Alf received it despite never having taken his car or hiring a car abroad. They can offset this saving against the cost of hiring a car for part of the holiday. A young man hired a sports car under a false name then crashed at high speed and killed his best friend. Men may hire rental cars from the arrival lounge. Try hiring an insurance replacement rental car in Buffalo! On the weekend Adam hired the movie Saving Private Ryan and watched it with the volume up really loud. An excellent and reasonably-priced railway service means there is no need for visitors to hire a car. Before travelling, I opted to hire a car via the internet. We hire a car and drive down the coast to Isla Negra, one of the homes of Chile's most famous poet, Pablo Neruda. They are interested in hiring a car so they can have the freedom to explore at their leisure. Synonyms rent, lease, charter, pay for the use of dated engage 1.1hire something out Grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment. most train stations hire out cycles Example sentencesExamples We do hire it out for line dancing and different things. You can perform the work yourself, or you can hire it out to a contractor. To start with at least, we intend to keep running it as it has been by hiring it out to other groups. But the centre's committee took the decision to stop hiring it out because of escalating costs and strains on manpower. Out of the holiday season, the club can be hired out for events including birthday and reception parties. We might be able to hire it out to other clubs as well and get our money back. Successive administrators of Moore's estate hired them out to employers whose payments provided proceeds for the estate. These may be government-run, but the labour in these prisons can be hired out to corporations. Britain's favourite piano player and master of ceremonies of music television uses it for his own albums and sometimes also hires it out. Rather than let them gather dust, management decided to increase revenue by hiring them out. Synonyms rent out, let out, rent, lease, hire out, loan, give on loan, sublet, sublease, farm out, contract, charge for the use of 2Employ (someone) for wages. management hired and fired labour in line with demand Example sentencesExamples Small businesses won't expand because they'll actually have to pay fair wages to hire workers instead of paying them with options. The third common option is to hire someone who has played at the top level but not had success. He provided Rhodes with a steady income, hiring him as his personal instructor. I can refuse to be the manager and we can hire someone. In the end, it's likely that no one - not even the boss who hires you - will read your résumé word for word. I tell managers, if you hire someone and it's one too many, you're the one who's going to have to tell that person. Braden suggests that first-timers hire someone with government experience to jump-start a subcontracting venture. When Scott Wolfe hires someone for a job working a cash register or cutting meat, the odds are, that person was a customer first. In Hong Kong, a person is defined as underemployed when he or she is hired to work less than 35 hours a week. If the Broncos would fire him tomorrow, there would be a line of teams willing to fire their coaches and hire him. Your subordinates are jerks and I think you should hire me to fire them. Irish employers can now hire anyone from the new countries, and many are willing to work for less than their Irish counterparts. The most crucial step in ensuring marketing success is hiring someone to manage and coordinate the effort. What made his job search remarkable is that Phelps never met the people who hired him. While smaller firms may be able to use your skills, many of them cannot commit to hiring you on a permanent basis. Selma wanted more corporations to hire her as their primary medical vendor. If you spend, borrow, set up a business, hire someone or get fired, these are actions that matter. I shared my experience with her on how I once hired someone who was unqualified for a job. I'm on the road a lot and I need help but I can't afford to hire anybody at this early stage of my business. Although I was hired to help her fit in with the existing culture, it was just a bad match. Synonyms employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign on, sign up, enrol, commission, enlist, take into employment, secure the services of, put on the payroll 2.1 Employ for a short time to do a particular job. Wilmot hired a private detective to follow him Example sentencesExamples There might be companies that would want to hire her for corporate events. The night before the opening, we left assured that a private electrician would be hired to connect it up. I was a supporter of Sir Marc, and the assassin he hired to kill you and your parents. They had been hired out as assassins before, but they hadn't had someone request for that kind of job in awhile. The Glenns secured a grant from the Bureau of Land Management to hire someone to clean up the garbage. He's going to opium dens where he's part of a gang as a hired assassin who carries a tommy gun in a violin case. The murder was not carried out because the hired assassin changed his mind and reported the matter to the police. Potential investors can do the market analysis on their own or hire someone else - a market researcher or consultant - to do it for them. Killer 7, a group of assassins, are hired to eliminate the terrorist group and save the day. And they will hire the finest lawyers and planners to navigate their private fortunes safely through the arcane niceties of the tax code. The story revolves around a private eye who is hired by someone to hunt down a computer hacker known as Trinity. And as in Europe, airports should be free to hire certified private security firms to perform these services. Second-home owners spend far above average on hiring someone to care for their properties. Private detectives could be hired to help win the fight against fly-tippers in Tendring. An insanely jealous Italian farang is in despair after hiring a local private detective to follow his wife. He plays the freaky, balding assassin Maguire who's hired to eliminate Sullivan. Distraught and depressed, the old veteran accomplishes this by sacrificing himself to an assassin he hires. David bribed the private detective that Stephanie hired to make her look paranoid. A driver quietly explained that, if the guard were fired, he would hire someone to take revenge. The Baron then puts out a hit on the very assassin he hired, leading to a complete reversal of sides. 2.2hire oneself out Make oneself available for temporary employment. the young husbands had to hire themselves out to distant farmers every summer Example sentencesExamples Can I hire myself out as a Diablo fashion consultant? I should hire myself out: if you find a flat you can't afford, get me to invest in the area and the prices will soon hit rock bottom. The job involved hiring himself out as a garment worker in order to organize a shop from the inside. They formed a union and hired themselves out to theatres much the way longshoremen are sent out to different ports. They hire themselves out to other farms, working on the land that they love, but bringing home nothing but a paycheck at the end of the week. After all, they are hiring themselves out on a daily basis for minimum wage to perform defined short-term jobs as unskilled manual laborers. I'm thinking of hiring myself out as a service to distressed parents everywhere. Maybe she should hire herself out as a writer of instruction manuals, you know, in between acting jobs. In the Golden State, they can also hire themselves out as ‘private judges.’ In the comments to this post, Laura of 11D says ‘… you should hire yourself out to universities to give lectures to upcoming graduates. noun ˈhʌɪəˈhaɪ(ə)r 1mass noun The action of hiring someone or something. car hire is recommended as modifier a hire charge Example sentencesExamples Meanwhile, back at the airport, the cost of car hire and charter flights out of Ireland are savage in comparison with our neighbours. A car from the boat hire company will collect them from the train station for an extra cost of €5, and bring them to Lake Fluessen. All accommodation, travel, car hire and travel insurance can be booked through Perfect Places. It also includes a seven day car hire and a connecting flight from Port Elizabeth to Capetown. Car hire is only available with a driver in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. This includes international and internal flights and accommodation mentioned above, car hire and the Grand Canyon Picnic tour. Cardholders can also get reductions in shops, theatres, car hire outlets and restaurants. However, could it be that these registrations are going into car hire fleets? Haifa and Ecuador however charge berth hire by ship length. Getting around Italy is relatively easy and cheap, although car hire prices are on the rise. Travellers will also be able to book hotels, car hire, insurance and other travel services through the site. This includes return flights from Dublin via Newark, 14 nights accommodation, six-day convertible car hire, taxes and insurance. Without car hire, but with accommodation in the more centrally-located two-star Hotel Bajamar, this costs €1,598. I never thought that recruiting would be affected, but we've made a significant number of professional hires on the Internet this year. In the days following the pub crawl, hundreds of resumes flooded Aylward's recruiting war room - and resulted in about 35 hires. In short order that strategy yielded 47 entry-level hires for his 225-employee company. Architects contemplating their first hires should do a budget based on revenues and operating costs plus the projected salaries. It's not surprising, then, that when Gianforte made his first three hires, in March 1998, he hired salespeople - and only salespeople. I read, or at least skim, many of these publications, since it's usually interesting to learn about new faculty hires and recent publications. It is the cheapest of the respectable car hire firms and recommended. Synonyms rent, rental, hiring, lease, leasing, charter dated engagement, engaging 2North American A person who is hired; an employee. new hires go through six months of training Example sentencesExamples When BMW began investing in Leipzig in 2002, few of its new hires came from the ranks of the unemployed. In a poll of employers for employability skills for new hires, interpersonal skills ranked highest in level of importance. It now finds about 60% of its hires through employee referrals. Employees are also rewarded for drumming up new hires and new business. In general, the employees who quit were more recent hires who weren't as invested in the company. Two of three respondents report that they listen to employee recommendations in recruiting new hires. Now, junior employees, called ‘new hires,’ operate the remote controls. The team that meets that daily mission is a mix of active-duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian employees, local hires and contractors. She addressed the weakness by creating a mentoring program that matched new hires with experienced workers. From initial performance reviews of new hires, it is determined that the employees' average proficiency in problem solving is 25 percent. Saying no requires dedication; so does persuading recent hires to turn down a quick windfall. Before the XFL had teams or players, its Web site was stocked with information about new hires. Not only should companies check new hires but also current employees and contractors. Many other companies use similar titles for even line level employees and new hires from college. According to other estimates, a majority of all recent hires have been off the tenure track. Ask your newest hires to make a presentation, and reward them for asking fresh questions. Sadly, the incompetence of many technical design staffs extends beyond new hires. There is an apprentice program in the body shop and all new hires are skilled-trades workers. ‘Some 30 years ago, only 9 percent of new CEOs were outside hires,’ says Sessa. Even with a recent number of new hires, the average tenure of conference directors is nearly a decade. Synonyms conscript, new soldier Phrases for (or on) hire Available to be hired. Example sentencesExamples The community centre is also available for hire for private functions such as birthday parties and barbecues. If you do not have a stroller, they are available for hire at the entrance to the parks. An echo sounder is pretty well essential to find water of the correct depth, and Anders has a good stock of them available for hire. The kitchen and grill area are available for hire by tenants. The sports hall and conference room are available to the public for hire. Jewellery, including pearls and tiaras, is available for hire or purchase. Private Taxis are also available for hire between Jammu and Katra. The castle is being turned over to the corporate entertainment business and is available for hire - at a price of course. The carriages are also available for hire for events such as weddings. The fact is that these old symbols are available for hire. Start by letting all your neighbors and parents' friends know you're available for hire. Mr Rekshop would like it known that he is available for hire as a deejay. Buzz is available for hire at children's parties, hen nights and even stag nights, although his exact role in the latter is unclear. Laptops, other office equipment and a meeting room are all available for hire and the meeting room is free for the first two hours. The hall is available for hire for various activities. It's hard to remember a time when so many worthy coaching candidates have been available for hire. Several of the old houses have been restored and are now available for hire. The MCR Hall is available for hire over the coming summer months. The CCI also cited examples in the US where off-duty police are available for hire by businesses. The hall is available for hire at a very reasonable price. Derivatives hireable adjective ˈhʌɪrəb(ə)lˈhaɪrəb(ə)l 1(of a person) available or qualified for employment. good print journalists are hireable at reasonable rates Example sentencesExamples On the basis of previous pilot data, all four applicants provided job-relevant information that made them equally hirable. The trend's gone so far that these hirable hackers are called agents. If she already works three days, she's hireable - there or somewhere else - for more. four hireable self-catering properties 2British Available or suitable for temporary use in exchange for a payment. hirer noun ˈhʌɪərəˈhaɪrər She may not be aware that we pay business rates to her Government out of our income from hirers. Example sentencesExamples If they do it right, the nimble hirers could see a rise in market share and stock price. DDI places itself between headhunters and hirers. In all cases the person engaged is hired to undertake a task on the hirer's behalf. But the debtor or hirer may have been prejudiced in some way by reason of this fact. Origin Old English hȳrian 'employ someone for wages', hȳr 'payment under contract for the use of something', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun). Rhymes acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, liar, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah verb.1 phr. Definition of hire in US English: hire verbˈhī(ə)rˈhaɪ(ə)r [with object] 1Employ (someone) for wages. management hired and fired labor in line with demand Example sentencesExamples Your subordinates are jerks and I think you should hire me to fire them. Small businesses won't expand because they'll actually have to pay fair wages to hire workers instead of paying them with options. The third common option is to hire someone who has played at the top level but not had success. I tell managers, if you hire someone and it's one too many, you're the one who's going to have to tell that person. What made his job search remarkable is that Phelps never met the people who hired him. The most crucial step in ensuring marketing success is hiring someone to manage and coordinate the effort. Selma wanted more corporations to hire her as their primary medical vendor. He provided Rhodes with a steady income, hiring him as his personal instructor. While smaller firms may be able to use your skills, many of them cannot commit to hiring you on a permanent basis. I shared my experience with her on how I once hired someone who was unqualified for a job. Although I was hired to help her fit in with the existing culture, it was just a bad match. In Hong Kong, a person is defined as underemployed when he or she is hired to work less than 35 hours a week. If you spend, borrow, set up a business, hire someone or get fired, these are actions that matter. I'm on the road a lot and I need help but I can't afford to hire anybody at this early stage of my business. Braden suggests that first-timers hire someone with government experience to jump-start a subcontracting venture. Irish employers can now hire anyone from the new countries, and many are willing to work for less than their Irish counterparts. I can refuse to be the manager and we can hire someone. When Scott Wolfe hires someone for a job working a cash register or cutting meat, the odds are, that person was a customer first. If the Broncos would fire him tomorrow, there would be a line of teams willing to fire their coaches and hire him. In the end, it's likely that no one - not even the boss who hires you - will read your résumé word for word. Synonyms employ, engage, recruit, appoint, take on, sign on, sign up, enrol, commission, enlist, take into employment, secure the services of, put on the payroll 1.1 Employ for a short time to do a particular job. don't hire a babysitter who's under 16 Example sentencesExamples And they will hire the finest lawyers and planners to navigate their private fortunes safely through the arcane niceties of the tax code. Private detectives could be hired to help win the fight against fly-tippers in Tendring. David bribed the private detective that Stephanie hired to make her look paranoid. They had been hired out as assassins before, but they hadn't had someone request for that kind of job in awhile. The Baron then puts out a hit on the very assassin he hired, leading to a complete reversal of sides. The Glenns secured a grant from the Bureau of Land Management to hire someone to clean up the garbage. An insanely jealous Italian farang is in despair after hiring a local private detective to follow his wife. Potential investors can do the market analysis on their own or hire someone else - a market researcher or consultant - to do it for them. The night before the opening, we left assured that a private electrician would be hired to connect it up. And as in Europe, airports should be free to hire certified private security firms to perform these services. Second-home owners spend far above average on hiring someone to care for their properties. A driver quietly explained that, if the guard were fired, he would hire someone to take revenge. I was a supporter of Sir Marc, and the assassin he hired to kill you and your parents. The murder was not carried out because the hired assassin changed his mind and reported the matter to the police. He's going to opium dens where he's part of a gang as a hired assassin who carries a tommy gun in a violin case. There might be companies that would want to hire her for corporate events. Distraught and depressed, the old veteran accomplishes this by sacrificing himself to an assassin he hires. The story revolves around a private eye who is hired by someone to hunt down a computer hacker known as Trinity. Killer 7, a group of assassins, are hired to eliminate the terrorist group and save the day. He plays the freaky, balding assassin Maguire who's hired to eliminate Sullivan. 1.2hire oneself out Make oneself available for temporary employment. he hired himself out as a laborer Example sentencesExamples They formed a union and hired themselves out to theatres much the way longshoremen are sent out to different ports. I'm thinking of hiring myself out as a service to distressed parents everywhere. Maybe she should hire herself out as a writer of instruction manuals, you know, in between acting jobs. I should hire myself out: if you find a flat you can't afford, get me to invest in the area and the prices will soon hit rock bottom. In the Golden State, they can also hire themselves out as ‘private judges.’ In the comments to this post, Laura of 11D says ‘… you should hire yourself out to universities to give lectures to upcoming graduates. Can I hire myself out as a Diablo fashion consultant? They hire themselves out to other farms, working on the land that they love, but bringing home nothing but a paycheck at the end of the week. After all, they are hiring themselves out on a daily basis for minimum wage to perform defined short-term jobs as unskilled manual laborers. The job involved hiring himself out as a garment worker in order to organize a shop from the inside. 2British Obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment; rent. she had to hire a dress for the wedding Example sentencesExamples On the weekend Adam hired the movie Saving Private Ryan and watched it with the volume up really loud. Try hiring an insurance replacement rental car in Buffalo! In May, my wife and I hired a car from a rental company at Stansted airport. Anglers can obtain permits and hire a boat from John Scotts Shop, Aughagower, Westport. We hire a car and drive down the coast to Isla Negra, one of the homes of Chile's most famous poet, Pablo Neruda. They are interested in hiring a car so they can have the freedom to explore at their leisure. An excellent and reasonably-priced railway service means there is no need for visitors to hire a car. They can offset this saving against the cost of hiring a car for part of the holiday. A young man hired a sports car under a false name then crashed at high speed and killed his best friend. Alf received it despite never having taken his car or hiring a car abroad. Men may hire rental cars from the arrival lounge. So on auction day, forget property makeover; instead, hire a few prestige cars and park them up and down the street. For two couples, it is less expensive to hire a cab or rent a car for a day than for each person to join an organized excursion. Before travelling, I opted to hire a car via the internet. The cost of hiring a vintage car or stretch limo for the big day tends to vary from company to company. Synonyms rent, lease, charter, pay for the use of 2.1hire something out Grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment. Example sentencesExamples Rather than let them gather dust, management decided to increase revenue by hiring them out. We might be able to hire it out to other clubs as well and get our money back. But the centre's committee took the decision to stop hiring it out because of escalating costs and strains on manpower. You can perform the work yourself, or you can hire it out to a contractor. We do hire it out for line dancing and different things. Britain's favourite piano player and master of ceremonies of music television uses it for his own albums and sometimes also hires it out. These may be government-run, but the labour in these prisons can be hired out to corporations. Successive administrators of Moore's estate hired them out to employers whose payments provided proceeds for the estate. To start with at least, we intend to keep running it as it has been by hiring it out to other groups. Out of the holiday season, the club can be hired out for events including birthday and reception parties. Synonyms rent out, let out, rent, lease, hire out, loan, give on loan, sublet, sublease, farm out, contract, charge for the use of nounˈhī(ə)rˈhaɪ(ə)r 1The action of hiring someone or something. Example sentencesExamples It's not surprising, then, that when Gianforte made his first three hires, in March 1998, he hired salespeople - and only salespeople. Haifa and Ecuador however charge berth hire by ship length. All accommodation, travel, car hire and travel insurance can be booked through Perfect Places. Architects contemplating their first hires should do a budget based on revenues and operating costs plus the projected salaries. This includes return flights from Dublin via Newark, 14 nights accommodation, six-day convertible car hire, taxes and insurance. Cardholders can also get reductions in shops, theatres, car hire outlets and restaurants. In the days following the pub crawl, hundreds of resumes flooded Aylward's recruiting war room - and resulted in about 35 hires. I read, or at least skim, many of these publications, since it's usually interesting to learn about new faculty hires and recent publications. Getting around Italy is relatively easy and cheap, although car hire prices are on the rise. It also includes a seven day car hire and a connecting flight from Port Elizabeth to Capetown. A car from the boat hire company will collect them from the train station for an extra cost of €5, and bring them to Lake Fluessen. Without car hire, but with accommodation in the more centrally-located two-star Hotel Bajamar, this costs €1,598. It is the cheapest of the respectable car hire firms and recommended. This includes international and internal flights and accommodation mentioned above, car hire and the Grand Canyon Picnic tour. I never thought that recruiting would be affected, but we've made a significant number of professional hires on the Internet this year. Travellers will also be able to book hotels, car hire, insurance and other travel services through the site. In short order that strategy yielded 47 entry-level hires for his 225-employee company. Meanwhile, back at the airport, the cost of car hire and charter flights out of Ireland are savage in comparison with our neighbours. However, could it be that these registrations are going into car hire fleets? Car hire is only available with a driver in Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat. Synonyms rent, rental, hiring, lease, leasing, charter 2North American A person who is hired; an employee. new hires go through six months of training Example sentencesExamples Two of three respondents report that they listen to employee recommendations in recruiting new hires. It now finds about 60% of its hires through employee referrals. There is an apprentice program in the body shop and all new hires are skilled-trades workers. Ask your newest hires to make a presentation, and reward them for asking fresh questions. Saying no requires dedication; so does persuading recent hires to turn down a quick windfall. Before the XFL had teams or players, its Web site was stocked with information about new hires. Not only should companies check new hires but also current employees and contractors. She addressed the weakness by creating a mentoring program that matched new hires with experienced workers. Sadly, the incompetence of many technical design staffs extends beyond new hires. The team that meets that daily mission is a mix of active-duty, Guard, Reserve, civilian employees, local hires and contractors. ‘Some 30 years ago, only 9 percent of new CEOs were outside hires,’ says Sessa. When BMW began investing in Leipzig in 2002, few of its new hires came from the ranks of the unemployed. According to other estimates, a majority of all recent hires have been off the tenure track. In a poll of employers for employability skills for new hires, interpersonal skills ranked highest in level of importance. Employees are also rewarded for drumming up new hires and new business. In general, the employees who quit were more recent hires who weren't as invested in the company. Even with a recent number of new hires, the average tenure of conference directors is nearly a decade. From initial performance reviews of new hires, it is determined that the employees' average proficiency in problem solving is 25 percent. Now, junior employees, called ‘new hires,’ operate the remote controls. Many other companies use similar titles for even line level employees and new hires from college. Synonyms conscript, new soldier Phrases for (or on) hire Available to be hired. Example sentencesExamples Mr Rekshop would like it known that he is available for hire as a deejay. The hall is available for hire for various activities. An echo sounder is pretty well essential to find water of the correct depth, and Anders has a good stock of them available for hire. The CCI also cited examples in the US where off-duty police are available for hire by businesses. The fact is that these old symbols are available for hire. If you do not have a stroller, they are available for hire at the entrance to the parks. The carriages are also available for hire for events such as weddings. Several of the old houses have been restored and are now available for hire. Private Taxis are also available for hire between Jammu and Katra. Start by letting all your neighbors and parents' friends know you're available for hire. The kitchen and grill area are available for hire by tenants. It's hard to remember a time when so many worthy coaching candidates have been available for hire. Jewellery, including pearls and tiaras, is available for hire or purchase. The castle is being turned over to the corporate entertainment business and is available for hire - at a price of course. The hall is available for hire at a very reasonable price. The community centre is also available for hire for private functions such as birthday parties and barbecues. The sports hall and conference room are available to the public for hire. The MCR Hall is available for hire over the coming summer months. Buzz is available for hire at children's parties, hen nights and even stag nights, although his exact role in the latter is unclear. Laptops, other office equipment and a meeting room are all available for hire and the meeting room is free for the first two hours. Origin Old English hȳrian ‘employ someone for wages’, hȳr ‘payment under contract for the use of something’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch huren (verb), huur (noun). verb.1 phr.
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