Entry Word: hire

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the state of being provided with a paying job <college graduates seeking hire by big corporations>

Synonyms employ, employment, engagement

Related Words appointment, assignment, conscription, enlistment, recruitment; incumbency, tenure; occupation, place, position, post, situation, work

Near Antonyms boot, discharge, dismissal, firing, removal, sack; demotion, suspension; furlough, layoff, leave, liberty, retirement

Antonyms joblessness, unemployment

2 the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services <used to mow lawns for hire> — see wage