Hire
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of hiring something or someone
"He signed up for a week's car hire"
(2) A newly hired employee
"The new hires need special training"
verb
(3) 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?"
(4) Engage or hire for work
"They hired two new secretaries in the department"
"How many people has she employed?"
(5) Hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
Verb
- To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
- 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.
- To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- They hired themselves out as day laborers.
- They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
- To accomplish by paying for services.
- After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
- To accept employment
- They hired out as day laborers.