Sekirov Dictionary

hire

UK /ˈhaɪ(.)ə/US /ˈhaɪɹ/

verb 7
noun 4
forms 3
phrases 1

verb7

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to give someone a paid job
- The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
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(UK, Australia) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
(UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
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To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- They hired themselves out as day laborers.
- They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
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To accept employment.
- They hired out as day laborers.
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To accomplish by paying for services.
- After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
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(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
- They hired a milkshake.

noun4

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Payment for the temporary use of something.
- The sign offered pedalos on hire.
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A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
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The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
- When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
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(no longer used) Reward.
- I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that shield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy should a dead dog be deckt in armour bright? — 1590

forms

hired · hiring · hires

Phrases with hire

hire out
To allow others to use temporarily in exchange for money.

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