hire

/haษชษน/

IPA: /HH AY1 ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    Payment for the temporary use of something.

    โ€œThe sign offered pedalos on hire.โ€

  2. 2

    Reward, payment.

  3. 3

    The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

    โ€œWhen my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.โ€

  4. 4

    A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

    โ€œWe pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

    โ€œWe hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.โ€

    syn:rent
  2. 2

    To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

    โ€œThe company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.โ€

  3. 3

    To exchange the services of for remuneration.

    โ€œThey hired themselves out as day laborers.โ€ƒ They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.โ€

  4. 4

    To accomplish by paying for services.

    โ€œAfter waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.โ€

  5. 5

    To accept employment.

    โ€œThey hired out as day laborers.โ€

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hire