hire

Meaning of hire

noun
  1. Payment for the temporary use of something.
    The sign offered pedalos on hire.
  2. Reward, payment.
  3. The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
    When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
  4. A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
    We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
verb
  1. To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
    We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
  2. To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
    The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
  3. To exchange the services of for remuneration.
    They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
  4. To accomplish by paying for services.
    After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
  5. To accept employment.
    They hired out as day laborers.

Information about hire

  • The plural form of hire is: hires.
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Hyphenation of hire

hire

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • hire is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hire synonyms

Meaning engage:

engage, employ

Meaning rent:

rent, charter, lease

Meaning lease:

lease, rent, charter, engage, take

Meaning :

employment

hire antonyms

Meaning :

fire

Translation of hire

Anagrams of hire

heir

Words that rhyme with hire

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