vverb.socialengage or hire for workSynset:employ engage hire
Examples:- They hired two new secretaries in the department
- How many people has she employed?
Antonyms:fire
Derivationally Related Form:hireremployeremploymentemployemployeeengagement
Inherited Hypernyms:hire
Direct Hyponyms:contractengagefarm outfeatherbedfilljobratshipsignsign onsign upsubcontract
Full Troponyms:contract outengagefeatherbedfillratshipsignsubcontract
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialhold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and servicesSynset:charter hire lease rent
Derivationally Related Form:lesseerentercharterleaserent
Hypernyms:contract undertake
Inherited Hypernyms:rentcontractpromisedeclarestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody
vverb.possessionengage for service under a term of contractSynset:charter engage hire lease rent take
Examples:- We took an apartment on a quiet street
- Let's rent a car
- Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Derivationally Related Form:rentrentercharterleaserental
Hypernyms:acquire get
Inherited Hypernyms:leaseget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something from somebody
adj satadj.allhaving services engaged for a feeAntonyms:unemployed
Inherited Hypernyms:hired
Similar to:employed
adjadj.allhired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelersSynset:chartered leased
Examples:- a chartered plane
- the chartered buses arrived on time
Antonyms:unchartered
Inherited Hypernyms:chartered