hire

noun

\ ˈhī(-ə)r

Definition of hire

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : payment for the temporary use of something

b : payment for labor or personal services : wages

2a : the act or an instance of hiring (see hire entry 2) laws regarding the hire of workers

b : the state of being hired : employment

3 British : rental the hire of equipment —often used attributively a hire car

4 : one who is hired starting wage for the new hires

for hire or less commonly on hire

: available for use or service in return for payment They have boats for hire. willing to do farm work for hire

hire

verb

hired; hiring

Definition of hire (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to engage the personal services of for a set sum hire a crew

b : to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum hire a hall

2 : to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum hire themselves out

3 : to get done for pay hire the mowing done

intransitive verb

: to take employment hire out as a guide during the tourist season

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Synonyms & Antonyms for hire

Synonyms: Noun

employ, employment, engagement

Synonyms: Verb

charter, engage, lease, rent

Antonyms: Noun

joblessness, nonemployment, unemployment

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Verb

hire, let, lease, rent, charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price. hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use. we hired a car for the summer decided to let the cottage to a young couple lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease. the diplomat leased an apartment for a year rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting. instead of buying a house, they decided to rent will not rent to families with children charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use. charter a bus to go to the game

Examples of hire in a Sentence

Noun

The company has a few new hires. The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.

Verb

She had very little office experience, so the company wouldn't hire her. We hired someone to clean the office once a week. The company isn't hiring right now.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

The new minimum compensation rule will be adopted within 75 days, increasing the take-home pay of for-hire vehicles by more than $6,000 a year, according to the mayor. — Katie Honan, WSJ, "Mayor de Blasio Signs Bills Capping Expansion of Uber and Lyft Vehicles," 14 Aug. 2018 The union is fighting proposals that would increase health care costs and reduce benefits for new hires, including replacing pensions with 401(k) plans. — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, "Locked out, National Grid workers grapple with loss of income, health insurance," 11 July 2018 When negotiating the contract in 2013, Ledwith said the town and union leaders disagreed on language about how overtime would be included in pension payments for hires before 2006. — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, "Five Years Without A Contract, West Hartford Police, Town Agree To New Wage, Health Insurance, Pension Plans," 27 June 2018 Trump has repeatedly elevated lower-level staffers to bigger jobs when openings occur, rather than look to establishment Washington for outside hires. — Sarah Westwood, CNN, "White House struggles to replace departing staff," 15 June 2018 Recent hires by Spotify include Tom Connaughton, who joined from Vevo to take up the role of head of artist and label marketing, reporting to Troy Carter. — Richard Smirke, Billboard, "Spotify Exodus Continues With Departures of Mark Williamson & George Ergatoudis," 14 June 2018 He was later credited with increasing minority hire by the city. — Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, "Who killed Carlos Medina?," 25 Apr. 2018 The city hopes to conduct interviews and have a selection for hire by mid-March, just prior to the chief’s retirement date. — Karen Huppertz, ajc, "Lawrenceville begins search for new chief of police," 18 Jan. 2018 About 9% of workers employed in the for-hire trucking industry are covered by union contracts, compared with 60% to 70% before deregulation, said Michael Belzer, an associate professor of economics at Wayne State University in Michigan. — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, "Trucker YRC, Teamsters Tumble Toward Contract Deadline," 20 Mar. 2019

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

The overall pace of logistics hiring slowed during the first quarter. — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, "Truckers Cut Payrolls As Freight Demand Softens," 5 Apr. 2019 Ethiopian-Israelis’ lives have been far from easy in Israel, marked heavily by economic disadvantage and pervasive discrimination that includes hiring bias, random identification checks, and police brutality. — Vogue, "Eden Dersso Is the Changing Face of Tel Aviv’s Hip-Hop Scene," 2 Apr. 2019 When non-disabled people hire people with down syndrome to bypass long waits in lines for rides at amusement parks, they aren’t held accountable. — Brittney Mcnamara, Teen Vogue, "The College Admissions Scandal Could Have Lasting Impacts for Disabled People," 13 Mar. 2019 Indeed, no engine in production could meet the specifications Aston laid out for the Valkyrie, so the automaker hired Cosworth, the famous British engineering firm that specializes in high-performance and racing engines, to build one from scratch. — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, "Pride of the Valkyries," 29 Jan. 2019 After the success of his first movie, Cuarón was hired to direct an adaptation of the classic Frances Hodgson Burnett novel, A Little Princess. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Who Is Roma Director Alfonso Cuarón? You've Definitely Seen His Incredible Movies," 23 Feb. 2019 Technically, Intel promoted from within to hire Swan, who had served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2016. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Intel makes Bob Swan its permanent CEO, maintaining a slow, steady course away from the PC," 31 Jan. 2019 My theory is because de Becker's primary area of clientele is Hollywood, not tech, is that [Lauren] hired him. — Rose Minutaglio, Town & Country, "How Exactly Did The National Enquirer Get Those Private Jeff Bezos Texts?," 9 Feb. 2019 The Cheat Sheet reports that Tony was only 8 and Andrew was just 6 when they were first hired, and the two have grown up right before viewers' very eyes, from young tykes to quarreling teens. — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, "These 'Blue Bloods' Stars Are Actually Related in Real Life," 4 Jan. 2019

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