hire

CEFRB1

/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To pay someone to work for you.

  2. 02

    noun

    The act or cost of paying to use something temporarily.

Examples

  • If you are honest, I will hire you.

  • You can hire a boat by the hour.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /həjɜ(r)/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Payment for the temporary use of something.

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

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.

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

  • The sign offered pedalos on hire.

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Origin

verb

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”).