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- DictionaryHire/ˈhī(ə)r/
verb
- 1. employ (someone) for wages: "management hired and fired labor in line with demand"
- 2. obtain the temporary use of (something) for an agreed payment; rent: British "she had to hire a dress for the wedding"
noun
- 1. the action of hiring someone or something: "car hire is recommended"
- 2. a person who is hired; an employee: North American "new hires go through six months of training"
Definition of hire – Learner’s Dictionary. hire. verb [ T ] uk / haɪə r/ us. hire verb [T] (PAY TO USE SOMETHING) Add to word list. B1. to pay money in order to use something for a short time: They hired a car for a few weeks. Fewer examples. It was Kate's idea to hire a car. You can hire bicycles to explore the area.
Check pronunciation: hire. Definition of hire verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. the act of hiring. the state or condition of being hired. the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay: The laborer is worthy of his hire. Informal. a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated. See more. adjective.
From Longman Business Dictionary hire1 /haɪəhaɪr/ verb [ transitive] 1 to employ a person or an organization for a short time to do a particular job for you The company has hired an investment banking firm to assist with managing its pension fund. 2 to agree to give someone a permanent job The company has just hired 250 new staff. The board ...
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Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hīr, hīʹər, IPA(key): /haɪə/, /ˈhaɪə/ 2. (General American) enPR: hīr, hīʹər, IPA(key): /haɪɹ/, /ˈhaɪɚ/ 3. Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) 4. Homophone: higher
Etymology 1
From Middle English hire, hyre, here, hure, from Old English hȳr (“employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent”), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju (“payment”), from the verb *hūʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hūzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”). Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English hiren, hyren, from Old English hȳrian (“to hire”), from the noun (see above). Compare West Frisian hiere (“to rent, lease”), Dutch huren (“to rent, lease”), Low German hüren (“to rent”), Danish hyre (“to hire”). Eclipsed Middle English souden (“to hire, employ, enlist”), borrowed from Old French souder, soudre, souldre (“to take into employ, pay”); see English sold (“salary, military pay”).
Etymology
From Akan hyire (“white clay”).
Noun
hire 1. white clay
References
1. Trutenau, Languages of the Akan Area: Papers in Western Kwa Linguistics(1976)
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Southern) /iɾe/, [i.ɾe̞] 2. IPA(key): (Northern) /hiɾe/, [ɦi.ɾe̞]
Pronoun
hire 1. genitive of hi, your
Etymology 1
From Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀā, *hiʀā, from Proto-Germanic *hezōz, genitive feminine singular of *hiz (“this”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; this”).
Etymology 2
From Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀē, *hiʀē, from Proto-Germanic *hezōi, dative feminine singular of *hiz (“this”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; this”).
Etymology 3
From Old English hȳr, from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.
Alternative forms
1. hyre, hiere, heore, hiore, hure, hir, hiræ, hira, hyræ, hyra, hyr, hieræ, heora
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈxi.re/, [ˈhi.re]
Pronoun
hire 1. genitive/dative of hēo
HIRE meaning: 1 : to give work or a job to (someone) in exchange for wages or a salary; 2 : to use or get the services of (someone) to do a particular job
to pay money in order to use something for a short time: They hired a car for a few weeks. to employ someone or pay them to do a particular job: We hired a new secretary last week. hire. noun [ no plural ] uk / haɪər/ an arrangement to use something for a short time by paying for it: Do you have bikes for hire?
