Hires

noun

Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounPayment for the temporary use of something.

"The sign offered pedalos on hire."

2.nounReward, payment.

3.nounThe state of being hired, or having a job; employment.

"When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."

4.nounA person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

"We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."

5.verbTo obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

"We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."

6.verbTo 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."

7.verbTo exchange the services of for remuneration.

"They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."

8.verbTo accomplish by paying for services.

"After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."

9.verbTo accept employment.

"They hired out as day laborers."