Idioms for hire

    for hire, available for use or service in exchange for payment. Also on hire.

Origin of hire

before 1000; (v.) Middle English hiren, Old English hȳrian (cognate with Dutch huren, Low German hüren, Old Frisian hēra); (noun) Middle English; Old English hȳr; cognate with Dutch huur, Low German hüre (whence Dutch hyre, Swedish hyra, German Heuer), Frisian hēre

SYNONYMS FOR hire

1 employ.
2 lease. Hire, charter, rent refer to paying money for the use of something. Hire is a general word, most commonly applied to paying money for labor or services, but is also used in reference to paying for the temporary use of automobiles (usually with a chauffeur), halls, etc.; in New England, it is used in speaking of borrowing money on which interest is to be paid (to distinguish from borrowing from a friend, who would not accept any interest): to hire a gardener, a delivery truck, a hall for a convention. Charter formerly meant to pay for the use of a vessel, but is now applied with increasing frequency to leasing any conveyance for the use of a group: to charter a boat, a bus, a plane. Rent is used in the latter sense, also, but is usually applied to paying a set sum once or at regular intervals for the use of a dwelling, room, personal effects, an automobile (which one drives oneself), etc.: to rent a business building.
5 rent, rental; stipend, wages, salary.
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OTHER WORDS FROM hire

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hire

higher hire (see synonym study at the current entry)

Words nearby hire

hiram, hiranuma, hiratsuka, hircine, hircus, hire, hire out, hire-purchase, hire-purchase system, hired gun, hired hand

Words related to hire

appoint, engage, obtain, enlist, employ, draft, rent, promise, pick, retain, select, lease, authorize, charter, pledge, empower, procure, utilize, occupy, exploit

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British Dictionary definitions for hire

hire
/ (ˈhaɪə) /

verb (tr)

to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
to employ (a person) for wages
(often foll by out) to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
(tr foll by out) mainly British to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)

noun

Derived forms of hire

hirable or hireable, adjective hirer, noun

Word Origin for hire

Old English hӯrian; related to Old Frisian hēra to lease, Middle Dutch hūren