hire

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.

   • We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
   • Employment statistics, the other key indicator of Diversity & Inclusion performance, shows that almost 30% of new Southeastern hires are women.
2. 2

   The state of being hired, or having a job

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

   • When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire.
3. 3

   Payment for the temporary use of something.

   • The sign offered pedalos on hire.
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   1. 4

      Reward.

      • I vvill him reaue of armes, the victors hire, / And of that ſhield, more vvorthy of good knight; / For vvhy ſhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright?
      • I have five hundred crovvns, / The thrifty hire I ſav'd under your father […]
      • The labourer is worthy of his hire.
   2. 5

      To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.

      • We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
      • “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
   3. 6

      To occupy premises in exchange for rent.

   4. 7

      To employ

      To 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.
   5. 8

      To exchange the services of for remuneration.

      • They hired themselves out as day laborers.  They hired out their basement for Inauguration week.
   6. 9

      To accomplish by paying for services.

      • After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done.
   7. 10

      To accept employment.

      • They hired out as day laborers.
   8. 11

      (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a…

      (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job

      • They hired a milkshake.
   9. 12

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• antonymfireantonym(s) of “to employ”
• neighborrent