Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
2. (uncountable) The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
3. (uncountable) Payment for the temporary use of something.
4. (uncountable, obsolete) Reward.
5. (transitive, chiefly UK and Australia) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
6. (transitive, chiefly UK) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
7. (transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
8. (transitive) To exchange the services of for remuneration.

Example Sentences

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.

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

The sign offered pedalos on hire.

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.

I haue ſeene a pardon giuen to a man vpon the gallovves, but vvho ſo emboldeneth himſelfe thereuypon, perhaps the rope may be his hire: it is not good to put it vpon the Pſalme of Miſerere, and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clarke.

Word Forms

• hires
• hiring
• hired

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Use hire when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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