hire
//ˈhaɪ(.)ə//
Forms
- Plural
- hires
- present (v1)
- hire
- past (v2)
- hired
- past participle (v3)
- hired
- present participle
- hiring
- 3rd person singular
- hires
Definitions
1.A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
- We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
- Employment statistics, the other key indicator of Diversity & Inclusion performance, shows that almost 30% of new Southeastern hires are women.
2.The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
- When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
3.Payment for the temporary use of something.
- The sign offered pedalos on hire.
1.To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
- We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
2.To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
3.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.
4.To exchange the services of for remuneration.
- They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1521
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”).