Definition of hire Hire

/hajˈɚ/ - [hayer] - hire

We found 24 definitions of hire from 7 different sources.

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What does hire mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: hires

hire - the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire"
hire - a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training"

Verb

hires, hiring, hired  

hire - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
  engage, employ
  give the sack, can, send away, give the axe, give notice, displace, sack, terminate, dismiss, force out, fire preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
  featherbed hire more workers than are necessary
  fill plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
  engage get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
  ship place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"
  sign on, sign up, sign, contract join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"
  rat catch rats, especially with dogs
  farm out, subcontract, job work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract
hire - hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  rent, charter, lease
  undertake, contract promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"
hire - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
  lease, rent, charter, engage, take
  acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • hire (Noun)
    Payment for the temporary use of something.
  • hire (Noun)
    Reward, payment.
  • hire (Noun)
    The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
  • hire (Noun)
    A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
  • hire (Verb)
    To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
  • hire (Verb)
    To employ; to obtain the services of a person in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
  • hire (Verb)
    To exchange the services of for remuneration.
  • hire (Verb)
    To accomplish by paying for services.
  • hire (Verb)
    To accept employment.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • hire (pron.)
    See Here, pron.
  • hire (n.)
    The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.
  • hire (n.)
    A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.
  • hire (n.)
    To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.
  • hire (n.)
    To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.
  • hire (n.)
    To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • hire
    To hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • hire
    hīr, n. wages for service: the price paid for the use of anything.—v.t. to procure the use or service of, at a price: to engage for wages: to grant temporary use of for compensation: to bribe.—adj. Hire′able.—ns. Hire′ling, a hired servant: a mercenary: a prostitute (also adj.); Hir′er; Hire′-sys′tem, a system by which a hired article becomes the property of the hirer after a stipulated number of payments; Hir′ing, the contract of hiring—bailment for hire (in Scotland, location): a fair or market where servants are engaged.—On hire, for hiring. [A.S. hýr, wages, hýrian, to hire; Ger. heuer, Dut. huur.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • hire
    To take vessel or men on service at a stipulated remuneration.

Part of speech

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  • hire, verb, present, 1st person singular of hire (infinitive).
  • hire, verb (infinitive).
  • hire, noun, singular of hires.

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