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Definitions for Hire

[1] to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
[2] to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: to hire a limousine.
[3] the act of hiring.
[4] the state or condition of being hired.
[5] 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.
[6] Informal . a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated.
[7] British . available for hire; rental: a hire car.
[8] hire on , to obtain employment; take a job: They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
[9] hire out , to offer or exchange one's services for payment: He hired himself out as a handyman.
[10] for hire , available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also on hire.
[11] to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
[12] to employ (a person) for wages
[13] (often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
[14] (tr foll by out ) mainly British to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
[15] the act of hiring or the state of being hired (as modifier ) a hire car
[16] the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something (as modifier ) the hire charge
[17] for hire or on hire available for service or temporary use in exchange for payment

Words related to Hire

appoint, engage, obtain, enlist, employ, draft, rent, promise, pick, retain, select, lease, authorize, charter, pledge, empower, procure, utilize, occupy, exploit

Words nearby Hire

hiram, hiranuma, hiratsuka, hircine, hircus, hire, hire out, hire-purchase, hire-purchase system, hired gun, hired hand

Origin of Hire

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

Words that may be confused with Hire

higher, hire, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Hire

hir·ee , noun
hir·er , noun
out·hire , verb (used with object), out·hired, out·hir·ing.
pre·hir·ing , adjective
re·hire , verb, re·hired, re·hir·ing, noun
un·hired , adjective

Word origin for Hire

Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren

Synonyms for Hire

appoint, bring in, draft, employ, engage, enlist, lease, obtain, pick, promise, rent, retain, select, authorize, book, carry, charter, delegate, empower, exploit, ink, let, occupy, place, pledge, procure, secure, sublease, sublet, utilize, add to payroll, bring on board, contract for, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, make use of, put on, put to work, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with