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 Definitions of hire  [ɪər]  

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

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