hire

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

hires

1.
(countable)A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
2.
(uncountable)The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
Đồng nghĩa: employ
3.
(uncountable)Payment for the temporary use of something.
The sign offered pedalos on hire.
4.
(obsolete, uncountable)Reward.

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verb

V_es/s

hires

V_ing/Gerund

hiring

V_ed/pp

hired

1.
(Australia, UK, transitive)(transitive, chiefly UK and Australia) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
Đồng nghĩa: rent
2.
(UK, transitive)(transitive, chiefly UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
Đồng nghĩa: rent
3.
(transitive)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.
4.
(transitive)To exchange the services of for remuneration.
They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
5.
(UK, transitive)(transitive, chiefly UK) To accomplish by paying for services.
After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
6.
(intransitive)To accept employment.
They hired out as day laborers.
7.
(transitive)(neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job
They hired a milkshake.

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Đồng nghĩa

employ rent employment

Trái nghĩa

fireto employ fire

Cùng gốc / liên quan

rent

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr, from *hūʀiju (payment), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs- or *kweHs-. Compare 𒆪𒊭𒀭.