- to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment: The company hired three new engineers in the last quarter.
- to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent: We hired a limousine to get us to the wedding in style.
- the act of hiring.
- the state or condition of being hired.
- the price or compensation paid or contracted to be paid for the temporary use of something or for personal services or labor; pay: The laborer is worthy of his hire.
- a person hired or to be hired: Most of our new hires are college-educated.
- available for hire; rental: a hire car.
- to obtain employment; take a job: They hired on as wranglers with the rodeo.
- to offer or exchange one's services for payment: He hired himself out as a handyman.
- available for use or service in exchange for payment.
- to acquire the temporary use of (a thing) or the services of (a person) in exchange for payment
- to employ (a person) for wages
- to provide (something) or the services of (oneself or others) for an agreed payment, usually for an agreed period
- to pay independent contractors for (work to be done)
- the act of hiring or the state of being hired
- (as modifier)
- the price paid or payable for a person's services or the temporary use of something
- (as modifier)
- available for service or temporary use in exchange for payment
