Definition of HIRE

hire

Meanings

Plural: hires

Noun

  • a newly hired employee
    • "the new hires need special training"
  • the act of hiring something or someone
    • "he signed up for a week's car hire"
  • A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
  • The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
  • Payment for the temporary use of something.
  • Reward.

Verb

  • engage or hire for work
    • "They hired two new secretaries in the department"
  • hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
  • engage for service under a term of contract
  • To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
  • To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
  • To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
  • To exchange the services of for remuneration.
  • To accomplish by paying for services.
  • To accept employment.
  • (neologism) (in the Jobs-to-be-Done Theory) To buy something in order for it to perform a function, to do a job

Origin / Etymology

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- or *kweHs-. Compare Hittite 𒆪𒊭𒀭 (kuššan-, “fee, pay, wages, price”).
Cognate with West Frisian hier (“hire”), Dutch huur (“lease, rental”), German Low German Hüür (“lease, rental”).

Antonyms

fire

Scrabble Score: 7

hire is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hire is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hire is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

hire is a valid Words With Friends word