hire
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
Noun 3 meanings
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
“We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.”
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
“When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.”
Payment for the temporary use of something.
“The sign offered pedalos on hire.”
Verb 4 meanings
To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
“We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.”
To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
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.”
To exchange the services of for remuneration.
“They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.”
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-.
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HIRE at a glance
HIRE has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,558 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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