Definitions of hire [ɪ^ər]

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Definition of 'hire'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) hire
to engage the services of for wages or other payment.

2.  hire
to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent:
to hire a limousine.

3.  hire
hire out, to offer or exchange one's services for payment:
He hired himself out as a handyman.

4. (n.) hire
the act of hiring.

5.  hire
the condition of being hired.

6.  hire
the price or compensation paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay.

7.  hire
Informal. a person hired or to be hired.

Definition of 'hire'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hire
a newly hired employee
"the new hires need special training"

2. (verb) hire
the act of hiring something or someone
"he signed up for a week's car hire"

3. (verb) hire, engage, employ
engage or hire for work
"They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

4. (verb) rent, hire, charter, lease
hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

5. (verb) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
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?"

Definition of 'hire'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) hire
to bring a new employee into a business
We're hiring this month.; They hired a new accountant.

2. hire
rent
to hire a car

3. (noun) hire
rental
car hire

Definition of 'hire'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hire
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

2. (noun) hire
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

3. (noun) hire
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

4. (noun) hire
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

5. (noun) hire
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

6. hire
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Translation of 'hire'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (often withfrom) to get the use of by paying money He's hiring a car (from us) for the week.
Afrikaans: huur	Arabic: يَسْتأجِر	Bulgarian: наемам
Brazilian: alugar	Czech: najmout si	German: mieten
Danish: leje	Greek: νοικιάζω από κπ.	Spanish: alquilar
Estonian: üürima	Farsi: كرايه كردن	Finnish: vuokrata
French: louer	Hebrew: לִשׂכּוֹר	Hindi: मजदूरी पर रखना, किराये पर
Croatian: iznajmiti, uzeti u najam	Hungarian: (ki)bérel, kölcsönöz	Indonesian: menyewa
Icelandic: leigja	Italian: affittare	Japanese: 賃借りする
Korean: 세내다, 임차하다	Lithuanian: išsinuomoti	Latvian: īrēt; nomāt
Malay: menyewa	Dutch: huren	Norwegian: leie
Polish: wynajmować (od)	Persian: كرايه كردن	Pashto: کرایه ورکول
Portuguese: alugar	Romanian: a angaja	Russian: нанимать
Slovak: (pre)najať si	Slovenian: najeti	Serbian: iznajmiti
Swedish: hyra	Thai: จ้าง	Turkish: kiralamak
Taiwanese: 租借	Ukrainian: орендувати	Urdu: پیسے دے کر استعمال کرنا
Vietnamese: thuê	Chinese: 租用
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