hire
VERB:
1. to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment:
to hire a clerk.
2. to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent:
to hire a limousine.
3. to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment.
4. to employ (a person) for wages.
5. (often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period.
6. to engage the personal services of for a set sum:
hire a crew.
7. to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum:
hire a hall.
8. to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum:
hire themselves out.
9. to get done for pay:
hire the mowing done.
10. to take employment:
hire out as a guide during the tourist season.
NOUN:
1. the act of hiring.
2. the state or condition of being hired; employment.
3. the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay:
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
4. Informal. a person hired or to be hired:
Most of our new hires are college-educated.
5. the act of hiring or the state of being hired.
6. the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something.
7. payment for the temporary use of something.
8. payment for labor or personal services : wages.
9. the act or an instance of hiring:
laws regarding the hire of workers.
10. one who is hired:
starting wage for the new hires.
(mainly) British:
1. to pay independent contractors for (work to be done).
2. available for hire; rental—often used attributively:
a hire car; the hire of equipment.
"hire on,"
to obtain employment; take a job:
They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
"hire out,"
to offer or exchange one's services for payment:
He hired himself out as a handyman.
"for hire" or "on hire,"
available for service or temporary use in return or exchange for payment:
They have boats for hire; willing to do farm work for hire.
Examples:
The company has a few new hires. // The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.
Related Words:
appoint, engage, obtain, enlist, employ, draft, rent, promise, pick, retain, select, lease, authorize, charter, pledge, empower, procure, utilize, occupy, exploit.
Synonyms:
(noun) employ, employment, engagement, rental, stipend, wages, salary. (verb) charter, engage, lease, rent.
Antonyms:
(noun) joblessness, nonemployment, unemployment.
Synonym Study 1:
Hire, charter, and rent refer to paying money for the use of something.
Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest):
to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention.
Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group:
to charter a boat, a bus, a plane.
Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself), etc.:
to rent a business building.
Synonym Study 2:
Hire, let, lease, rent, and 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.
Origin:
before 1000; (v.) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer), Frisian hēre. Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of hire: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: before the 12th century. History and Etymology for hire: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Old English hȳr; akin to Old Saxon hūria hire. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 17 march 2020 4:05pm
1. to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment:
to hire a clerk.
2. to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent:
to hire a limousine.
3. to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment.
4. to employ (a person) for wages.
5. (often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period.
6. to engage the personal services of for a set sum:
hire a crew.
7. to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum:
hire a hall.
8. to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum:
hire themselves out.
9. to get done for pay:
hire the mowing done.
10. to take employment:
hire out as a guide during the tourist season.
NOUN:
1. the act of hiring.
2. the state or condition of being hired; employment.
3. the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay:
The laborer is worthy of his hire.
4. Informal. a person hired or to be hired:
Most of our new hires are college-educated.
5. the act of hiring or the state of being hired.
6. the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something.
7. payment for the temporary use of something.
8. payment for labor or personal services : wages.
9. the act or an instance of hiring:
laws regarding the hire of workers.
10. one who is hired:
starting wage for the new hires.
(mainly) British:
1. to pay independent contractors for (work to be done).
2. available for hire; rental—often used attributively:
a hire car; the hire of equipment.
"hire on,"
to obtain employment; take a job:
They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
"hire out,"
to offer or exchange one's services for payment:
He hired himself out as a handyman.
"for hire" or "on hire,"
available for service or temporary use in return or exchange for payment:
They have boats for hire; willing to do farm work for hire.
Examples:
The company has a few new hires. // The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge.
Related Words:
appoint, engage, obtain, enlist, employ, draft, rent, promise, pick, retain, select, lease, authorize, charter, pledge, empower, procure, utilize, occupy, exploit.
Synonyms:
(noun) employ, employment, engagement, rental, stipend, wages, salary. (verb) charter, engage, lease, rent.
Antonyms:
(noun) joblessness, nonemployment, unemployment.
Synonym Study 1:
Hire, charter, and rent refer to paying money for the use of something.
Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest):
to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention.
Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group:
to charter a boat, a bus, a plane.
Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself), etc.:
to rent a business building.
Synonym Study 2:
Hire, let, lease, rent, and 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.
Origin:
before 1000; (v.) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer), Frisian hēre. Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of hire: Noun: before the 12th century. Verb: before the 12th century. History and Etymology for hire: Noun and Verb: Middle English, from Old English hȳr; akin to Old Saxon hūria hire. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
added: 17 march 2020 4:05pm