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hire (hīr)

noun

  1. the amount paid to get the services of a person or the use of a thing
  2. a hiring or being hired
  3. Informal a person who is hired; employee

Etymology: ME < OE hyr, wages, akin to Du huur, Ger heuer

transitive verb hired, hir′·ing

  1. to get the services of (a person) or the use of (a thing) in return for payment; employ or engage
  2. to give the use of (a thing) or the services of (oneself or another) in return for payment: often with out
  3. to pay for (work to be done)

hire Related Forms
hir′·able adjective or hire′·able hir′er noun
hire Idioms

for hire

available for work or use in return for payment

hire out

☆

to work, esp. as a laborer, for payment

hire Synonyms

hire

v.

  1. To employ

    engage, sign up, draft, obtain, secure, take into one's employ, enlist, give a job to, take on, give work to, give employment to, put to work, set to work, bring in, occupy, use, fill a position, appoint, delegate, authorize, retain, commission, promise, empower, book, utilize, select, pick, pledge, bespeak, contract, procure, fill an opening, find help, find a place for, exploit, make use of, use another's services, add to the payroll, carry*, give someone a break*; see also approve 1, choose 1.

    Antonyms discharge, dismiss*, fire. *

  2. To let

    let, rent, lease, charter, contract for; see also borrow 1, let 2, rent 1.

to hire, in strict usage, means to get, and let means to give the use of something in return for payment, although hire, which is also applied to persons or their services, may be used in either sense to hire a hall, a worker, etc., rooms to let; lease implies the letting or the hiring of property (usually real property) by written contract; rent implies payment of a specific amount, often at fixed intervals, for hiring or letting a house, land, equipment, a vehicle, etc.; charter implies the hiring or leasing of a ship, bus, etc.

hire Usage Examples

Object

  • van: For the benefit of anyone who may be thinking about hiring a van, I shall share my learning points.
  • automobile: Small business health they get a and hired automobiles.
  • bike: Cycle Hire Click here for my list of places where you can hire bikes.
  • car: They're trying to raise money to hire a car to get back home at the end of the festival.
  • boat: Either I was seen by the sailors who usually came for me, or I hired a boat to take me back.
  • minibus: Hiring minibusses can be very expensive, so it is always worth looking into alternatives such as public transport.

Adjective modifier

  • self-drive: RetroTouring offers self-drive hire of classic sports cars and luxury vehicles from their base in Fort William.
  • private: Private boat hire for longer holidays can be arranged at the Ashby Boat Company in Stoke Golding.
  • ski: Ski hire from £ 19 per person per day, ski school five in group ).

Modifies a noun

  • fleet: Auto Europe offers several French pick up locations and a large car hire fleet.
  • vehicle: The booking can be carried out by either a licensed private hire vehicle or a licensed Hackney Carriage.
  • car: Grahame I'd be up for joining in with the hire car plan.
  • purchase: The hire purchase agreement is dated 7 October 1997.
  • boat: Came up the Hatton flight with Bucaneer, a Rose hire boat.

Noun used with modifier

  • car: Car hire groups may differ from brochure to brochure.
  • limousine: Cars for Stars is a UK based franchise offering chauffeur driven cars and American limousine hire.
  • bike: Bike hire for the day is included in the price.
  • marquee: Marquee hire is available and for further information about this then please contact the Chiswick Sports Grounds office.
  • inflatable: We all share a passion for the inflatable hire business.
  • wetsuit: Surfing lessons, surfboards, surfboard and wetsuit hire, surf clothing at GSD the 4 star surfing school.. .
hire Quotes

   I don't ask employers, for example, to like blacks or Jews or native people; I ask employers to hire the qualified members of thesegroups whether they likethem or not.

—Borovoy, A Alan

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