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hire

UK/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/ US/ˈhaɪɹ/ common uk

verb

1.

engage or hire for work

  • “They hired two new secretaries in the department”
  • “How many people has she employed?”
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2.
3.

engage for service under a term of contract

  • “We took an apartment on a quiet street”
  • “Let”
  • “;”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • car hire
  • DEI hire
  • diversity hire
  • dry hire
  • hire car
  • hire out
  • hire purchase
  • hire system
  • hired gun Terms derived from hire (verb)
  • hired hand Terms derived from hire (verb)

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