# hire

Pronunciation: US say "HYR" /haɪɹ/; UK say "HY-uh" /haɪə/

## Verb

1. To take someone on for a job, paying them for the work they do.
   - Simple: To give someone a job and pay them for their work.
   - _The firm plans to hire several engineers to expand its research team._
   - _She hired a freelance designer to refresh the company logo._
3. To pay a fixed sum to use something or someone's services for a limited time. *(UK)*
   - Simple: To pay money to use something or someone's services for a short time.
   - _They hired a marquee and tables for the village fete._
   - _She wants to hire a wedding dress rather than buy one._
5. To pay rent in order to occupy a building or property. *(UK)*
   - Simple: To pay rent to live in or use a building.
   - _The startup hired offices above the old bank for its first year._
   - _You can hire the community hall for a modest weekly sum._
7. To provide one's own services or property to another in return for payment.
   - Simple: To let someone use your work or property in exchange for money.
   - _Local fishermen hire out their boats when the catch is poor._
   - _She hired herself out as a private tutor for several summers._
8. To take up employment with an employer.
   - Simple: To take a job and start working for an employer.
   - _She hired on with a road crew for the summer._
   - _Hundreds hire on each year when the cannery reopens._
9. To get a piece of work carried out by paying others to do it. *(UK)*
   - Simple: To get a job done by paying other people to do it.
   - _They hired the fence rebuilt after the storm brought it down._
   - _Rather than risk it themselves, they hire the wiring inspected each year._
10. To buy a product specifically so that it performs a particular function or task for the buyer.
   - Simple: To buy something so that it can do a certain job for you.
   - _Commuters often hire a snack not for nutrition but to pass a long drive._
   - _Buyers hired the new tool to solve a problem their old software couldn't._

## Noun

2. A person who has been taken on for a job, especially as one of a group starting together.
   - Simple: A person who has just been given a job, often as one of a group of new workers.
   - _The latest hire impressed everyone with her quick grasp of the workflow._
   - _This year's hires went through a two-week orientation program._
4. Money paid for the temporary use of something.
   - Simple: Money paid to use something for a short time.
   - _The daily hire of the equipment came to nearly a hundred dollars._
   - _Customers pay a small hire fee for each piece of gear._
6. The state of being employed or having a paid job.
   - Simple: The condition of having a job and being paid for work.
   - _The craftsmen in the duke's hire produced furniture for the entire estate._
   - _He spent twenty years in the hire of a shipping company._

## Noun

11. A reward or recompense given in return for service or effort. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A reward or payment given for something a person has done.
   - _The faithful servant received his hire at the close of the harvest._
   - _He labored long and asked only for fair hire._

## Origin

**Meanings 2, 4, 6, 11** — From Middle English hire, from Old English hȳr ("employment for wages; pay for service; interest on money lent"), from Proto-West Germanic *hūʀiju ("payment") and ultimately Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European roots. It is related to Dutch huur ("lease, rental") and German Low German Hüür.
**Meanings 1, 3, 5, 7–10** — From Middle English hiren, from Old English hȳrian ("to hire"), formed from the noun. It is related to Dutch huren and Danish hyre ("to hire"), and it replaced the earlier Middle English souden ("to hire, employ").

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