hire

About 7.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

   We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.

2. noun The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

   When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.

3. noun Payment for the temporary use of something.

   The sign offered pedalos on hire.

4. noun Reward.
5. verb To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

   We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.

6. verb To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
7. verb 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.

8. verb To exchange the services of for remuneration.

   They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.

Similar words

employ employment charter rent lease take engagement engage staffing recruiting

Often followed by

a the and of an purchase or someone them

Word family

hired hirer hirers hires hiring