HIRE

hire

(noun) the act of hiring something or someone; “he signed up for a week’s car hire”

hire

(noun) a newly hired employee; “the new hires need special training”

lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take

(verb) engage for service under a term of contract; “We took an apartment on a quiet street”; “Let’s rent a car”; “Shall we take a guide in Rome?”

hire, engage, employ

(verb) engage or hire for work; “They hired two new secretaries in the department”; “How many people has she employed?”

rent, hire, charter, lease

(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Hire (plural Hires)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hire is the 29528th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 799 individuals. Hire is most common among White (94.87%) individuals.

Anagrams

• ReHi, heir, rehi

Etymology 1

Noun

hire (plural hires)

Payment for the temporary use of something.

(obsolete) Reward, payment.

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

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

Synonyms

• (state of being hired): employment, employ

Etymology 2

Verb

hire (third-person singular simple present hires, present participle hiring, simple past and past participle hired)

(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

Synonym: rent

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

(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.

(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.

(intransitive) To accept employment.

Antonyms

• (to employ): fire

Anagrams

• ReHi, heir, rehi

Source: Wiktionary


Hire, pron. [Obs.]

Definition: See Here, pron. Chaucer.

Hire, n. Etym: [OE. hire, hure, AS. h; akin to D.huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra.]

1. The price; reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7.

2. (Law.)

Definition: A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story.

Syn.

– Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay.

Hire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hired; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring.] Etym: [OE. hiren, huren, AS. h; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n.]

1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.

2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.

3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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