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hire

1 of 2

noun

ˈhī(-ə)r How to pronounce hire (audio)
1
a
: payment for the temporary use of something
b
: payment for labor or personal services : wages
2
a
: the act or an instance of hiring (see hire entry 2)
laws regarding the hire of workers
b
: the state of being hired : employment
3
British : rental
the hire of equipment
—often used attributively
a hire car
4
: one who is hired
starting wage for the new hires

hire

2 of 2

verb

hired; hiring

transitive verb

1
a
: to engage the personal services of for a set sum
hire a crew
b
: to engage the temporary use of for a fixed sum
hire a hall
2
: to grant the personal services of or temporary use of for a fixed sum
hire themselves out
3
: to get done for pay
hire the mowing done

intransitive verb

: to take employment
hire out as a guide during the tourist season
hirer noun
Phrases
for hire or less commonly on hire
: available for use or service in return for payment
They have boats for hire.
willing to do farm work for hire

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Choose the Right Synonym for hire

hire, let, lease, rent, charter mean to engage or grant for use at a price.

hire and let, strictly speaking, are complementary terms, hire implying the act of engaging or taking for use and let the granting of use.

we hired a car for the summer
decided to let the cottage to a young couple

lease strictly implies a letting under the terms of a contract but is often applied to hiring on a lease.

the diplomat leased an apartment for a year

rent stresses the payment of money for the full use of property and may imply either hiring or letting.

instead of buying a house, they decided to rent
will not rent to families with children

charter applies to the hiring or letting of a vehicle usually for exclusive use.

charter a bus to go to the game

Example Sentences

Noun The company has a few new hires. The hire of a car and other equipment will of course incur a supplementary charge. Verb She had very little office experience, so the company wouldn't hire her. We hired someone to clean the office once a week. The company isn't hiring right now.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
But the mercenaries aren’t merely a guns-for-hire bunch. Elisabeth Braw, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Terry Mercer, associate administrator of the motor carrier section of the RIPUC, told the Globe that all for-hire transportation services on land or water are certified by the PUC. Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Keen to maximize his 1.5 hectares of land as much as possible, Jeremy decided to import and renovate a 1974 American Airstream caravan, which overlooks the lagoon, and is also available for hire. Tamara Hardingham-gill, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 Big Fish was hired in 2016 to produce Live PD as a work made-for-hire, with A&E owning all copyrights and trademarks to the show. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 The surveillance-for-hire industry's powerful mobile spyware tools have gotten increasing attention lately as tech companies and governments grapple with the scale of the threat. WIRED, 20 Aug. 2022 The Kremlin always officially denied any relationship with Wagner, whose soldiers for hire have been accused of massacres and other human rights violations. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 If convicted as charged on the murder-for-hire count, Conceicao faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Jaz Garner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022 Lawmakers and Glossip's attorney are pushing for clemency after the 59-year-old, who has spent 25 years in prison for his murder-for-hire conviction and maintains his innocence to this day, had his execution delayed three times. Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2022
Verb
After a brief discussion, the board voted to grant a waiver of a disqualifying offense and allow the school to hire Charles Coleman to work in the food service area. Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 His solution was to give a 19-year-old cast member named Eddie Murphy as much airtime as possible and then to hire a few stars, including Billy Crystal and Martin Short. Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 While other parents might hire a clown or buy a cake, Viserys decides that the best way to honor his young son is to track down and kill the white hart, a fabled stag that resides in the King's Wood. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2022 Florida has long grappled with shortages of correctional officers and recently has taken steps such as increasing pay to help hire and keep officers. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 The courier giant pays its drivers a competitive $95,000 a year including pension benefits, the highest amongst its competitors who often hire drivers on a contract basis. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Employers across industries stampeded to hire en masse when the economy reopened, putting workers in the driver’s seat at a moment when federal stimulus packages had padded their budgets, enabling them to be more choosy. Erica Grieder, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Sep. 2022 The wealthy who resided on Eutaw Place or in Mount Vernon could keep their prize animals and others could rent a carriage and hire a driver. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 The moves are a striking contrast with previous years, when the world's largest e-commerce company typically entered the fall rushing to open new facilities and hire thousands of workers to prepare for the holiday shopping season. Matt Day, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old English hȳr; akin to Old Saxon hūria hire

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of hire was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing hire

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