Hireenoun
Someone who hires from a hirer.
Hirenoun
Payment for the temporary use of something.
âThe sign offered pedalos on hire.â;
Hireenoun
Someone who is hired by a hirer.
Hirenoun
(obsolete) Reward, payment.
Hirenoun
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
âWhen my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.â;
Hirenoun
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
âWe pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.''â;
Hireverb
(transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
âWe hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.â;
Hireverb
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
âThe company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.â;
Hireverb
(transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
âThey hired themselves out as day laborers.â; âThey hired out their basement for Inauguration week.â;
Hireverb
(transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
âAfter waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.â;
Hireverb
(intransitive) To accept employment.
âThey hired out as day laborers.â;
Hirepronoun
See Here, pron.
Hirenoun
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.
âThe laborer is worthy of his hire.â;
Hirenoun
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.
Hireverb
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.
Hireverb
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.
Hireverb
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.
âThey . . . have hired out themselves for bread.â;
Hireverb
engage or hire for work;
âThey hired two new secretaries in the departmentâ; âHow many people has she employed?â;
Hireverb
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
Hireverb
engage for service under a term of contract;
âWe took an apartment on a quiet streetâ; âLet's rent a carâ; âShall we take a guide in Rome?â;
Hireverb
obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment
âwe flew to San Diego, hired a car, and headed for Las Vegasâ;
Hireverb
grant the temporary use of something for an agreed payment
âmost train stations hire out cyclesâ;
Hireverb
employ (someone) for wages
âmanagement hired and fired labour in line with demandâ;
Hireverb
employ for a short time to do a particular job
âWilmot hired a private detective to follow himâ;
Hireverb
make oneself available for temporary employment
âthe young husbands had to hire themselves out to distant farmers every summerâ;
Hirenoun
the action of hiring someone or something
âcar hire is recommendedâ; âa hire chargeâ;
Hirenoun
a person who is hired; an employee
ânew hires go through six months of trainingâ;