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- [hahyuh r]
- /haɪər/
- /ˈhaɪə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahyuh r]
- /haɪər/
Definitions of hire word
- verb with object hire to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk. 1
- verb with object hire to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine. 1
- noun hire the act of hiring. 1
- noun hire the state or condition of being hired. 1
- noun hire the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay: The laborer is worthy of his hire. 1
- noun hire Informal. a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated. 1
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Origin of hire
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (v.) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer), Frisian hēre
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hire
verb hire
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- bring in — When a government or organization brings in a new law or system, they introduce it.
- draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- rent — an opening made by rending or tearing; slit; fissure.
noun hire
- rental — an amount received or paid as rent.
- leasing — a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- letting — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- chartering — a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.
Antonyms for hire
verb hire
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- release — to lease again.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
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