hire

hire · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To employ someone for wages or a salary.

  2. 2.

    The act of hiring or the state of being hired.

  3. 3.

    (British) To rent or pay for temporary use of something.

  4. 4.

    (British) The price paid for renting something.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    for hire — available to be employed or rented
  • •
    hire and fire — the power to employ and dismiss workers
  • •
    new hire — a recently employed person
  • •
    hired hand — a paid worker, especially on a farm

Related words

Antonyms: dismiss, fire, release
See also: employ, hired, hiring, rent
Synonyms: employ, engage, recruit, rent

Etymology

From Old English hȳrian ("to hire, employ"), from Proto-Germanic hūzijaną. Related to German heuern ("to hire").