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/haɪə//haɪɹ/Definitions
Payment for the temporary use of something.
Example: The sign offered pedalos on hire.
Reward, payment.
The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
Example: When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
Example: We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
/haɪə//haɪɹ/Definitions
To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
Example: We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
Example: The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers.
To exchange the services of for remuneration.
Example: They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
To accomplish by paying for services.
Example: After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.