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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hire /haɪr/USA pronunciation v., hired, hir•ing, n. v. - to employ (someone) for wages:[~ + object]to hire a clerk.
- to pay for the temporary use of (something);
rent:[~ + object]hired a boat. - hire on, [no object] to take a job:hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
- hire out, to offer or exchange one's services for payment: [~ + object + out]He hired himself out as a handyman.[~ + out + object]His office hired out skilled workers for a fee.
n. - [uncountable] the act of hiring;
the condition of being hired. - Business, Informal Terms a person hired or to be hired:[countable]the new hires on the job.
Idioms- Idioms for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment:limousines for hire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hire (hīər),USA pronunciation v., hired, hir•ing, n., adj. v.t. - to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment:to hire a clerk.
- to engage the temporary use of at a set price;
rent:to hire a limousine. - 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.
n. - 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. - Communications, Business, Informal Terms[Informal.]a person hired or to be hired:Most of our new hires are college-educated.
- Idioms for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also, on hire.
adj. - British Termsavailable for hire;
rental:a hire car.
- bef. 1000; (verb, verbal) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer), Frisian hēre
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged employ.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lease. Hire, charter, rent refer to paying money for the use of something. Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest):to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention.Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group:to charter a boat, a bus, a plane.Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself ), etc.:to rent a business building.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rent, rental; stipend, wages, salary.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hire /ˈhaɪə/ vb (transitive)- 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 followed by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
- (transitive) followed by out: chiefly Brit to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
n - 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
- for hire, on hire ⇒ available for service or temporary use in exchange for payment
Etymology: Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūrenˈhirable, ˈhireable adj ˈhirer n |