hire
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪə(r)
- Homophones: higher
[edit] Noun
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hire (plural hires)
- The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
- When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
- A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
[edit] Synonyms
- (state of being hired): employment, employ
[edit] Verb
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to hire (third-person singular simple present hires, present participle hiring, simple past and past participle hired)
- (transitive) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- They hired themselves out as day laborers.
- They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
- (transitive) To accomplish by paying for services.
- After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
- (intransitive) To accept employment
- They hired out as day laborers.
[edit] Antonyms
- (to employ): fire
[edit] Translations
to employ
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[edit] Basque
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hire
[edit] Old English
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- IPA: /ˈhire/
[edit] Pronoun
hire